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.
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.
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