Arthur Wing Pinero
Pinero was the leading figure of the late Victorian well-made play and contributed to the serious treatment of social issues on the English stage. The Second Mrs. Tanqueray raised questions about the double standard that Ibsen had pioneered.
Works
- The Second Mrs. TanquerayWoman's scandalous past haunts her second marriage and social acceptance
- The MagistrateDeceptions and schemes overturn a magistrate's household and authority
- Trelawny of the WellsTheatrical actress's romance with an actor and escape from theatrical world
- The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith
- Mid-ChannelMarried couple's intimacy fractures across the English Channel and class