The Development of the Theatre
Allardyce Nicoll
1927
The Development of the Theatre vs The second Mrs. Tanqueray
Both "The second Mrs. Tanqueray" by Arthur Wing Pinero and "The Development of the Theatre" by Allardyce Nicoll are popular choices for readers interested in Drama and Marriage. This comparison helps you decide which to read first — or whether both belong on your list.
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The second Mrs. Tanqueray
Arthur Wing Pinero
1894
Aubrey Tanqueray's Chambers in the Albany-a richly and tastefully decorated room, elegantly and luxuriously furnished: on the right a large pair of doors opening into another room, on the left at the further end of the room a small door leading to a bedchamber. A circular table is laid for a dinner for four persons which has now reached the stage of dessert and coffee. Everything in the apartment suggests wealth and refinement. The fire is burning brightly. Aubrey Tanqueray, Misquith, and Jayne are seated at the dinner-table. Aubrey is forty-two, handsome, winning in manner, his speech and bearing retaining some of the qualities of young-manhood. Misquith is about forty-seven, genial and portly. Jayne is a year or two Misquith's senior; soft-speaking and precise-in appearance a type of the prosperous town physician. Morse, Aubrey's servant, places a little cabinet of cigars and the spirit-lamp on the table beside Aubrey, and goes out.
Published 1894
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