The Second Mrs Tanqueray

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The Second Mrs Tanqueray is an 1893 drama by Arthur Wing Pinero that scandalously explored themes of social hypocrisy and a woman's past in Victorian high society.

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The Second Mrs Tanqueray canonical 1
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray 1

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instanceOf drama
play
author Arthur Wing Pinero NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dateWritten 1893
genre problem play
social drama
hasSubject fallen woman
family conflict
social ostracism
literaryPeriod late 19th-century British drama
mainCharacter Aubrey Tanqueray NERFINISHED
Ellean Tanqueray NERFINISHED
Paula Tanqueray NERFINISHED
movement Victorian theatre
notableFor controversial treatment of a woman's sexual past
critique of social respectability
numberOfActs 4
originalLanguage English
period late Victorian era
premiereLocation London NERFINISHED
setting Victorian high society
theme Victorian morality
a woman's past
double standards
marriage
respectability
social hypocrisy
timePeriodOfNarrative 19th century
writer Arthur Wing Pinero NERFINISHED
yearOfPremiere 1893

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St James's Theatre notableProduction The Second Mrs Tanqueray
Ethel Barrymore notableWork The Second Mrs Tanqueray
this entity surface form: The Second Mrs. Tanqueray