# The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts

By Arthur Wing Pinero.

"The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts" by Arthur Wing Pinero is a problem play first produced in 1893. When respectable widower Aubrey Tanqueray announces his engagement to Paula Jarman, a woman with a scandalous past, his upper-class friends are horrified. As the marriage unfolds, the couple struggles to bridge the gap between Paula and Tanqueray's proper young daughter, Ellean. But when a shocking connection from Paula's past emerges, it threatens to destroy the fragile bonds holding the family together, leading toward an inevitable tragic conclusion. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Marriage -- Drama; Tragedies (Drama); Upper class -- England -- Drama; Prostitutes -- England -- Drama; Prostitutes -- England -- Public opinion -- Drama; Prostitutes -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama; Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama; Remarried people -- Drama

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