The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, (Paperback)

<p><strong>Arthur Pinero</strong> wrote <strong>The Second</strong> Mrs<strong>. Tanqueray</strong> in <strong>1893</strong> after penning several successful farces. Playing on the "woman with a past" plot that was popular in melodramas, Pinero steered it in a more serious direction, centering the play around the social consequences arising when <strong>Aubrey Tanqueray</strong> remarries in an attempt to redeem a woman with a questionable past.The play<strong>'</strong>s structure is based on the principles of the "well-made play" popular throughout the 19th-century. But just as <strong>Wilde</strong> manipulated the conventions of the "well-made play" to produce a new form of comedy, so did <strong>Arthur Pinero</strong> manipulate it, forgoing the happy ending to produce an elevated form of tragedy.<strong>The Second</strong> Mrs<strong>. Tanqueray</strong> was first performed in <strong>1893</strong>, at the St. James Theatre, London, at a time when England was still resisting the growing movement in Europe towards realism and the portrayal of real social problems and human misconduct. But while it was regarded as shocking, it ran well and made a substantial profit. Theatre historian <strong>J</strong>. <strong>P. Wearing</strong> phrased it thus: "although not as avant-garde as Ibsen<strong>'</strong>s plays, <strong>Tanqueray</strong> confronted its fashionable St. James<strong>'</strong>s audiences with as forceful a social message as they could stomach."<strong>Arthur Pinero</strong> wrote <strong>The Second</strong> Mrs<strong>. Tanqueray</strong> in <strong>1893</strong> after penning several successful farces. Playing on the "woman with a past" plot that was popular in melodramas, Pinero steered it in a more serious direction, centering the play around the social consequences arising when <strong>Aubrey Tanqueray</strong> remarries in an attempt to redeem a woman with a questionable past.The play<strong>'</strong>s structure is based on the principles of the "well-made play" popular throughout the 19th-century. But just as <strong>Wilde</strong> manipulated the conventions of the "well-made play" to produce a new form of comedy, so did <strong>Arthur Pinero</strong> manipulate it, forgoing the happy ending to produce an elevated form of tragedy.<strong>The Second</strong> Mrs<strong>. Tanqueray</strong> was first performed in <strong>1893</strong>, at the St. James Theatre, London, at a time when England was still resisting the growing movement in Europe towards realism and the portrayal of real social problems and human misconduct. But while it was regarded as shocking, it ran well and made a substantial profit. Theatre historian <strong>J</strong>. <strong>P. Wearing</strong> phrased it thus: "although not as avant-garde as Ibsen<strong>'</strong>s plays, <strong>Tanqueray</strong> confronted its fashionable St. James<strong>'</strong>s audie</p>

• The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, (Paperback)
• Author: Les Prairies Numeriques
• ISBN: 9791043138676
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-03-01
• Page Count: 134