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Pinero
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Pinero [pɪˈnɪərəʊ]
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(Biographies / Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing (1855-1934) M, English, THEATRE: dramatist) Sir Arthur Wing. 1855-1934, English dramatist. His works include the farce Dandy Dick (1887) and the problem play The Second Mrs Tanqueray (1893)


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Its other main stage production this season will be Edward Bond's rarely seen The Sea (1973), and it also presents a series of private readings (its "Salon Series") which provides New York audiences with the rare opportunity to attend plays by once popular but now sadly out-of-fashion masters such as Sidney Howard, Arthur Wing Pinero, and Enid Bagnold.
A bigger stage was built in the 1860s and performers of repute, including the young Dan Leno and Arthur Wing Pinero, appeared there.
To a certain extent, the dramas conformed to the style of the traditional problem play already popularized by writers such as Arthur Wing Pinero and August Strindberg, and the plays generally culled a protagonist's struggles from contemporary and socially relevant issues.
 
 
 
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