What Every Woman Knows

Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish author and dramatist. He was educated in Scotland but moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright. Nevertheless he is best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan, he was a very prolific author, who wrote numerous children's novels, short stories, and plays.

 “What Every Woman Knows” is a four-act play, first performed in 1909. A major theme of the play is the relations of men and women. Married by special agreement to John Shand, Maggie Wylie proves to be a highly effective voice for her politician husband. One of the author's most realistic and important theatrical works — filled of the witticisms and soft humour that he's known for — entertainingly develops the theme that behind every successful man is a woman who is responsible for his success.