Home and Beauty

Set immediately after the Great War in 1918. Maugham called it “a farce in three acts”.

After the death of her husband, William, the spoilt and beautiful
Victoria married his best friend, Frederick. When William comes back
after the war alive after all, each man can hardly wait to surrender her
to the other. However, Victoria seems to have another admirer waiting
in the wings.

The play is full of
witty social comment, with all the various preoccupations of the day,
including the new social order giving rise to a bolshier breed of
servant and a more flexible attitude towards marriage.