From the INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
When, during the season of 1885, the exceptional success of "The Magistrate" had revived the fortunes of the Court Theatre and included that house once again among the popular places of entertainment, the future policy of Messrs. John Clayton and Arthur Cecil's management was practically determined. The essentially comic play, the farce of character and manners, was henceforth to compose the programme, and Mr. Pinero, who had suggested the new policy, and so happily inaugurated it, was naturally commissioned to provide the next play. "The Schoolmistress" was...

Excerpt from The Cabinet Minister: A Farce in Four Acts
The Cabinet Minister: A Farce in Four Acts was written by Arthur W. Pinero in 1891. This is a 196 page book, containing 27213 words. Search Inside is enabled for this title.
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Excerpt from The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts was written by Arthur W. Pinero in 1900. This is a 202 page book, containing 26744 words. Search Inside is enabled for this title.
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Arthur Wing Pinero's play, "Trelawny of the "Wells"" - which was first produced at the Court Theatre on January 20th, 1898 - was also a vacationary exercise; yet this minor undertaking has turned out, in retrospect, to be one of the most popular of all his many compositions. After the subsidence of its first production, "Trelawny of the "Wells"" has been "revived," again and yet again, in both London and New York; and each of these "revivals" has stimulated the currency of the piece with many companies of amateur actors.
"Trelawny of the "Wells"" may be classed with "The Amazons" (1893)...