This could be shown on stage by Maggie casual attitude where as Hobson should be portrayed as pompous and loud .
Later in the play we see Maggie, Hobson, Albert about sewing Hobson for falling down the cellar. Again we see Maggie dominating the entire afire but unlike normal Hobson is taking what Maggie is saying and paying attention Maggie: "I've herd of cases being settled outside of court in private" Hobson: "in private? Yes, I dare say". When Hobson is being played the actor should make himself to look like he is "deflated" as though he has been beaten he should lose the pompous attitude and be more complacent maybe have some whit make up on top show that he is sick with worry just for affect. .
At the time that this play is set, the character of Maggie is very unusual because of her strong-minded nature and unusial approach to authority she is very much a woman who is breaking away from convention. This can be shown by the way that she acts towards the men in the play specifically Hobson and Willie. The relationship between Hobson and Maggie is best summed up as a big power struggle. Throughout the play we get the feeling that even though Hobson thinks that he is the master and has control of all the girls, in the case of Maggie he has very little control. When Hobson is leaving for the pub Maggie reminds him to be back at one o"clock dinner. Hobson replies in a vain attempt to enforce his standpoint of master of the house but it is little use, as we know that Maggie's word is law because she controls the shop and the house and sees to it everything runs smoothly. It was not commonplace for a woman to control a business as well as a house, which is proof that she is breaking away from convention. In the case of her interaction to Willie she again is very much the dominating party, it's almost as though she is more of a man than Willie. A good example of this is when Maggie is staking her claim on Willie against Ada.
