The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts: Play Guide and Free Edition
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Pinero, Arthur Wing (1855–1934).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts" by Arthur Wing Pinero is a problem play first produced in 1893. When respectable widower Aubrey Tanqueray announces his engagement to Paula Jarman, a woman with a scandalous past, his upper-class friends are horrified. As the marriage unfolds, the couple struggles to bridge the gap between Paula and Tanqueray's proper young daughter, Ellean. But when a shocking connection from Paula's past emerges, it threatens to destroy the fragile bonds holding the family together, leading toward an inevitable tragic conclusion.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts
- Author credits: Pinero, Arthur Wing (1855–1934)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Marriage -- Drama
- Prostitutes -- England -- Drama
- Prostitutes -- England -- Public opinion -- Drama
- Prostitutes -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama
- Remarried people -- Drama
- Tragedies (Drama)
- Upper class -- England -- Drama
- Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
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