The Man Who Pays The Piper is a 1931 English play by Gladys Bronwyn Stern. It centres on Daryll Fairley and her shifts from rebellious daughter to independent businesswoman to housewife between 1913 and 1930, described by Michael Billington in The Guardian in 2013 as "one of the best roles written for a woman between the wars". Laura Thompson of The Telegraph said that "The debate about whether a woman can 'have it all'.. does not go away. The arguments have sprung to renewed life with the publication of Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg’s book on the subject [Lean In]. And... were being conducted just as fiercely in the early 20th century, albeit quite possibly with more sense." Source: Wikipedia (en)