She is forced to assume this role so often that, as Shui Ta, she is accused of murdering Shen Te. To save her business, Shen Te adopts an alter ego dressing as a man and acting the role of her tough, pragmatic cousin Shui Ta, she is able to exact just payment. She purchases a tobacco shop but finds that her kinsfolk and other customers take advantage of her kindness. Because she alone was willing to shelter three gods, they have favoured her with a gift of money. The title character, Shen Te, is a poor but warmhearted prostitute. The play is set in China between World War I and World War II. The title has many English-language variants, including The Good Person of Szechwan and The Good Soul of Szechuan. The Good Woman of Setzuan, drama, a “parable in 10 scenes,” by Bertolt Brecht, produced in 1943 and published in 1953 as Der gute Mensch von Sezuan.
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