The second Mrs. Tanqueray / Sir Arthur Wing Pinero.

Author/creator Pinero, Arthur Wing author.
Other author Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentDrama online

Summary In his best known social drama, Arthur Wing Pinero attacks the hypocrisy and myth surrounding women in second marriages. Despite the warnings of his friends, the widowed Mr. Tanqueray chooses to marry a lower class woman with a scandalous history. The new Mrs. Tanqueray must struggle to win over her new stepdaughter as she attempts to find balance in her mismatched marriage. 'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray' expertly utilises the melodramatic convention of the Woman with a Past to examine the social and gender politics of late Victorian England. The play's premiere in 1893 made its lead actress, Paula Campbell, a star.
General notePreviously issued in print: in Three plays. London: Methuen Drama, 1985.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 21, 2013).
Genre/formDrama.
Standard identifier# 10.5040/9781408189221.00000013

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