The Second Mrs Tanqueray by Arthur Wing Pinero

The Second Mrs Tanqueray by Arthur Wing Pinero

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray was the theatrical sensation of the London stage in 1893. It established Pinero as the leading English dramatist of serious social issues, and created a star out of Mrs. Patrick Campbell in the title role. The play recounts the marriage of a woman with a past and how it fails because of the double standard of morality applied unequally and hypocritically by Victorian society to men and women.

This Broadview edition includes a thoroughly revised text based on the author's manuscript, the prompt copy for the first production, and the published first edition; it also incorporates pertinent stage directions from the first production. The critical introduction examines all facets of the play and its production, and the appendices make accessible a wide variety of hard-to-find contemporary contextual materials related to the play.

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	9781551116877
ISBN 10	1551116871
Title	The Second Mrs Tanqueray
Author	Arthur Wing Pinero
Series	Broadview Editions
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Broadview Press Ltd
Year published	2007-09-30
Number of pages	216
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