Arthur Wing Pinero
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Sir Arthur Wing Pinero was an English playwright and, early in his career, actor.
Pinero in 1895
Henry Irving: Pinero was a member of his company from 1876 to 1881.
George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in His House in Order, 1906
Pinero aged about 55
The Magistrate (play)
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The Magistrate is a farce by English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. It concerns a respectable magistrate who finds himself caught up in scandalous events that threaten to disgrace him.
Arthur Wing Pinero
…more, three of them highly successful, he abandoned acting and became a full-time playwright. He first became known for a series of farces, of which The Magistrate (1885) was the longest-running. During the 1890s he turned to serious subjects. The Second Mrs Tanqueray (1893), dealing with a woman with a scandalous…
Theatre poster from a performance at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh in 1886
The magistrate arrives at his court: photograph of the 1917 musical version, called The Boy.