The Magistrate by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

The Magistrate by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

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This collection of Pinero's plays includes two farces that created the pattern of British comedy as practised by Bennett and Ayckbourn today, a psycho-sexual melodrama that rocked Victorian respectability, and a comedy which has great relevance to today's audiences.

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The Magistrate by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

This collection of Pinero's plays includes two farces that created the pattern of British comedy as practised by Bennett and Ayckbourn today, a psycho-sexual melodrama that rocked Victorian respectability, and a comedy which has great relevance to today's audiences.
Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934) was the leading playwrightof the Victorian theatre. His plays include The Schoolmistress(1886), Dandy Dick (1887), Sweet Lavender (1888), TheNotorious Mrs. Ebbsmith (1895), Trelawny of the 'Wells' (1898), The Gay Lord Quex (1899), Iris (1901), and Mid-Channel (1909)
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ISBN 13 9780192825681
ISBN 10 0192825682
Title The Magistrate
Author Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
Series World's Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1995-02-23
Number of pages 353
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