The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, credited to Arthur Wing Pinero, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Second Mrs. Tanqueray by Arthur Wing Pinero. Read in English by a full cast. Aubrey Tanqueray marries a woman with a past which he believes will not matter in society. "I know you think me a fool, Cayley—you needn't infer that I'm a coward into the bargain. No! I know what I'm doing, and I do it deliberately, defiantly. I'm alone; I injure no living soul by the step I'm going to take; and so you can't urge the one argument which might restrain me. Of course, I don't expect you to think compassionately, fairly even, of the woman whom I—whom I am drawn to— [] Thanks. I've heard you say that from forty till fifty a man is at heart either a stoic or a satyr. [] I am neither. I have a temperate, honourable affection for Mrs. Jarman. She has never met a man who has treated her well—I intend to treat her well. That's all. And in a few years, Cayley, if you've not quite forsaken me, I'll prove to you that it's possible to rear a life of happiness, of good repute, on a—miserable foundation." - (Summary From the Play) Cast list: Aubrey Tanqueray: ToddHW Paula Tanqueray, his wife: Beth Thomas Ellean Tanqueray, Aubrey's daughter: Leanne Yau Cayley Drummle: Tomas Peter Mrs. Cortelyon: Sonia Captain Hugh Ardale: Jason in Panama Gordon Jayne, MD: Son of the Exiles Frank Misquith, QC, MP: DrPGould Sir George Orreyed, Bart: alanmapstone Lady Orreyed: TJ Burns Morse: Jessie Percival Servant: Roger Melin Stage Directions: Availle Edited by: ToddHW

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
• Author credits: Arthur Wing Pinero
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 2:54:30

Catalogue topics

• play
• drama
• woman with a past

Track guide

1. 01 - Act 1 — 48:08
2. 02 - Act 2 — 42:16
3. 03 - Act 3 — 48:24
4. 04 - Act 4 — 35:42

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