Maugham's first hit play (1907), which ran for a year in London. An aging society dame suffers the attentions of a much younger man and finally, for his sake, lets him see her without makeup and hair. Publisher: William Heinemann Publication date: 1912. This is an OCR reprint. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.