""The Princess and the Butterfly, or The Fantastics: A Comedy in Five Acts"" is a play written by Arthur Wing Pinero and first published in 1897. The story follows the adventures of a group of characters in a fictional European country, including a young princess who is engaged to a prince, but falls in love with a man who she believes is a butterfly. The play is a satire of the upper classes and their obsession with appearances and social status,...