The text of the West End revival at the Albery Theatre with Maureen Lipman and Derek Nimmo. A masterpiece of dramatic construction in four acts by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, the master-carpenter of the English stage.
Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934) was the leading playwrightof the Victorian theatre. His plays include The Schoolmistress(1886), Dandy Dick (1887), Sweet Lavender (1888), TheNotorious Mrs. Ebbsmith (1895), Trelawny of the 'Wells' (1898),The Gay Lord Quex (1899), Iris (1901), and Mid-Channel (1909).