"Dandy Dick" from Arthur Wing Pinero. English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director (1855-1934).

"The Big Drum" from Arthur Wing Pinero. English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director (1855-1934).

"The Cabinet Minister" from Arthur Wing Pinero. English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director (1855-1934).

"The Gay Lord Quex" from Arthur Wing Pinero. English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director (1855-1934).

"The Magistrate" from Arthur Wing Pinero. English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director (1855-1934).

"The Mind the Paint Girl" from Arthur Wing Pinero. English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director (1855-1934).

"The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith" from Arthur Wing Pinero. English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director (1855-1934).

"The Squire" from Arthur Wing Pinero. English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director (1855-1934).

Excerpt from The Notorious Mrs. Ebbs: A Drama in Four Acts
The scene is a room in the Palazzo Arconati, on the Grand Canal, Venice. The room itself is beautiful in its decayed grandeur, but the furniture and hangings are either tawdry and meretricious or avowedly modern. The three windows at the back open on to a narrow covered balcony, or loggia, and through them, can be seen the west side of the canal. Between recessed double doors on either side of the room is a fireplace out of use and a marble mantelpiece, but a tiled stove is used for a wood fire. Breakfast things are laid on a...