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Plays by A. W. Pinero

The Schoolmistress, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Trelawny of the 'Wells', The Thunderbolt

By: Arthur Wing Pinero

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Plays by A. W. Pinero

The Schoolmistress, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Trelawny of the 'Wells', The Thunderbolt

By: Arthur Wing Pinero

This volume contains four plays by the leading late Victorian and Edwardian playwright Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934). It provides a representative sample of the work of a writer who far outshone his rivals (including both Wilde and Shaw) in his own day, and inspired such successors as Somerset Maugham and Terence Rattigan in the genre of the 'wellmade play', and Ben Travers in the writing of farce. The plays are The Schoolmistress (1866), one of the famous Court farces; The Second Mrs Tanqueray (1893), the best known of all the plays about 'a woman with a past'; Trelawny of the 'Wells' (1898), a much-loved backstage romance; and The Thunderbolt (1908), a pioneering social drama. Two of the plays (The Schoolmistress and The Thunderbolt), are not available in print elsewhere. This scholarly edition includes an introduction, a biographical account, a full list of Pinero's plays in performance and publication, and several important appendixes, including an alternative ending to The Schoolmistress and significant variants in the text of The Second Mrs Tanqueray.

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CUP Archive

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0521284406

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9780521284400

Pinero: Three Plays

The Magistrate; The Second Mrs Tanqueray; Trelawny of the 'Wells'

By: Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

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Pinero: Three Plays

The Magistrate; The Second Mrs Tanqueray; Trelawny of the 'Wells'

By: Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

Born within a year of both Shaw and Wilde, Pinero was one of the most popular - and prolific - playwrights of his age. This volume contains his three best - and still most often performed - plays, each written in a different mode: The Magistrate (1885), a splendid farce; The Second Mrs Tanqueray (1893), a social problem play; and Trelawny of the 'Wells' (1898), an affectionate comedy on the inevitability of change.

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266

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A&C Black

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1408149206

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9781408149201

The Squire

By: Arthur W. Pinero

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The Squire

By: Arthur W. Pinero

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855 - 1934) was an English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director. Pinero did some minor acting and then Pinero began writing plays in the late 1870s while at the Lyceum. He wrote 59 plays on such topics as second marriages for woman and social hypocrisy. His plays include The Magistrate (1885), The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith (1895), Trelawny of the 'Wells' (1898), and The Gay Lord Quex (1899). When the Squire was first produced, Pinero was accused of getting the idea for his play from Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd. This charge was later dropped, but after this Pinero was very careful with his plots.

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134

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Book Jungle

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1438522630

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9781438522630

The Magistrate

An Original Farce in Three Acts

By: Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

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The Magistrate

An Original Farce in Three Acts

By: Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

The Magistrate is a farce by the English playwright Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. The plot concerns a respectable magistrate who finds himself caught up in a series of scandalous events that almost cause his disgrace. The first production opened at the Court Theatre in London on 21 March 1885.

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Samuel French Limited

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0573012644

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9780573012648

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray

By: Arthur W. Pinero

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The Second Mrs. Tanqueray

By: Arthur W. Pinero

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" by Arthur Wing Pinero is a gripping drama that delves into the complexities of love, morality, and societal expectations in Victorian England. The play centers around the character of Paula Tanqueray, a woman with a troubled past who marries for the second time and must grapple with the consequences of her previous actions. As Paula navigates the challenges of her new marriage and attempts to integrate into high society, she faces judgment and scrutiny from those around her. Despite her efforts to leave her past behind, Paula finds herself haunted by the shadows of her former life, leading to tensions and conflicts with her husband, his family, and society at large. Pinero's masterful storytelling and rich character development draw audiences into Paula's world, inviting them to empathize with her struggles and dilemmas. Through Paula's experiences, the play explores themes of forgiveness, redemption, and the enduring impact of one's past choices.

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140

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BoD - Books on Demand

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ISBN 13

9791041995998

Two Plays

Dr. Harmer's Holidays and Child Man

By: Authur W. Pinero

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Dr. Harmer's Holidays and Child Man

By: Authur W. Pinero

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0781276195

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9780781276191

Lady Bountiful - A Story of Years - A Play in Four Acts

By: Arthur Wing Pinero, Sir

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Lady Bountiful - A Story of Years - A Play in Four Acts

By: Arthur Wing Pinero, Sir

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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206

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James Press

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1444680684

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9781444680683

Iris; A Drama in Five Acts

By: Arthur Wing Pinero, Sir

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Iris; A Drama in Five Acts

By: Arthur Wing Pinero, Sir

PREFACE. THE Author of this very practical treatise on Scotch Loch - Fishing desires clearly that it may be of use to all who had it. He does not pretend to have written anything new, but to have attempted to put what he has to say in as readable a form as possible. Everything in the way of the history and habits of fish has been studiously avoided, and technicalities have been used as sparingly as possible. The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general. This section is interleaved with blank shects for the readers notes. The Author need hardly say that any suggestions addressed to the case of the publishers, will meet with consideration in a future edition. We do not pretend to write or enlarge upon a new subject. Much has been said and written-and well said and written too on the art of fishing but loch-fishing has been rather looked upon as a second-rate performance, and to dispel this idea is one of the objects for which this present treatise has been written. Far be it from us to say anything against fishing, lawfully practised in any form but many pent up in our large towns will bear us out when me say that, on the whole, a days loch-fishing is the most convenient. One great matter is, that the loch-fisher is depend- ent on nothing but enough wind to curl the water, -and on a large loch it is very seldom that a dead calm prevails all day, -and can make his arrangements for a day, weeks beforehand whereas the stream- fisher is dependent for a good take on the state of the water and however pleasant and easy it may be for one living near the banks of a good trout stream or river, it is quite another matter to arrange for a days river-fishing, if one is looking forward to a holiday at a date some weeks ahead. Providence may favour the expectant angler with a good day, and the water in order but experience has taught most of us that the good days are in the minority, and that, as is the case with our rapid running streams, -such as many of our northern streams are, -the water is either too large or too small, unless, as previously remarked, you live near at hand, and can catch it at its best. A common belief in regard to loch-fishing is, that the tyro and the experienced angler have nearly the same chance in fishing, -the one from the stern and the other from the bow of the same boat. Of all the absurd beliefs as to loch-fishing, this is one of the most absurd. Try it. Give the tyro either end of the boat he likes give him a cast of ally flies he may fancy, or even a cast similar to those which a crack may be using and if he catches one for every three the other has, he may consider himself very lucky. Of course there are lochs where the fish are not abundant, and a beginner may come across as many as an older fisher but we speak of lochs where there are fish to be caught, and where each has a fair chance. Again, it is said that the boatman has as much to do with catching trout in a loch as the angler. Well, we dont deny that. In an untried loch it is necessary to have the guidance of a good boatman but the same argument holds good as to stream-fishing...

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Fabri Press

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140862589X

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9781408625897

The Gay Lord Quex

By: Arthur Wing Pinero

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The Gay Lord Quex

By: Arthur Wing Pinero

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934) was an English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director. In 1874 he joined R. H. Wyndham's company at the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh. After also acting in Liverpool, he joined Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre company in London in 1876, where he acted in supporting roles for five years, and later played under the Bancrofts' management at the Haymarket Theatre. He received good notice in Sheridan's The Rivals, in 1884, which he had revised himself. He began writing plays in the late 1870s while at the Lyceum, including Daisy's Escape in 1879 and Bygones in 1880. He became a prolific and successful playwright, authoring fifty-nine plays. His 1923 romance The Enchanted Cottage was successfully filmed in 1924 and 1945. He was knighted in 1909. His works include: Two Hundred a Year (1877), The Squire (1881), The Money Spinner (1881), The Magistrate (1885), The Schoolmistress (1886), Dandy Dick (1887), Sweet Lavender (1888), The Profligate (1889), Lady Bountiful (1891), The Cabinet Minister (1892), The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1893) and The Weaker Sex (1894).

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1409978931

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9781409978930

Trelawny of the 'Wells'

An Original Comedietta

By: Arthur Wing Pinero

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Trelawny of the 'Wells'

An Original Comedietta

By: Arthur Wing Pinero

London, the 1860s. Rose Trelawny is the brightest young star at the Sadler's Wells Theatre. But she's prepared to give it all up for the love of her noble stage door suitor, Arthur Gower. Meanwhile, her colleague at the 'Wells', Tom Wrench, is writing a new kind of play for Rose to star in. And her friend, Imogen Parrott, hopes to take a theatre in which to produce it. Rose will be forced to choose between her two great loves. Set amongst theatrical folk and the non-theatricals they seek to please and provoke, Trelawny of the 'Wells', by Arthur Wing Pinero, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in January 1898. This version, with revisions and additions by Patrick Marber, premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in February 2013.

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Faber & Faber

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0571303463

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9780571303465

Book's by Arthur Wing Pinero

Plays by A. W. Pinero

Plays by A. W. Pinero

Pinero: Three Plays

Pinero: Three Plays

The Squire

The Squire

The Magistrate

The Magistrate

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray

Two Plays

Two Plays

Lady Bountiful - A Story of Years - A Play in Four Acts

Lady Bountiful - A Story of Years - A Play in Four Acts

Iris; A Drama in Five Acts

Iris; A Drama in Five Acts

The Gay Lord Quex

The Gay Lord Quex

Trelawny of the 'Wells'

Trelawny of the 'Wells'

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