The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts

Languageen
First published2012-09-11
RightsPublic domain in the USA.
Gutenberg ID#40736

Description

"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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

  • Marriage -- Drama
  • Tragedies (Drama)
  • Upper class -- England -- Drama
  • Prostitutes -- England -- Drama
  • Prostitutes -- England -- Public opinion -- Drama
  • Prostitutes -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama
  • Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama
  • Remarried people -- Drama
  • PR

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