See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

ARTHUR WING See also:

• SIR ARTHUR WING PINERO (1855– )

PINERO (1855– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 24th of May 1855, the son of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• PINERO, SIR ARTHUR WING (1855– )

Pinero, a Jewish See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor, whose See also:

• FAMILY

family was of Portuguese origin, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long established in London . A . W . Pinero was engaged in 1874 as an actor at the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre Royal, See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, and came to London in 1876, to See also:

• PLAY

play at the Globe Theatre . Later in the See also:

• YEAR

year he joined the See also:

• LYCEUM

Lyceum See also:

• COMPANY

company, of which he remained a member for five years . The first piece of his to see the footlights was 1200 a year, played in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1877 at the Globe Theatre for the benefit of Mr F . H . See also:

• MACKLIN, CHARLES (c. 1699-1797)

Macklin . The first play to make a See also:

• HIT

hit was The See also:

• MONEY

Money Spinner (Theatre Royal, See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester, Nov . 1880); but in The See also:

• SQUIRE

Squire (St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James's Theatre, Dec . 1881) he attempted serious See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama, and gave promise of the qualities of his later See also:

• WORK

work . In 1883 and 1884 Pinero produced seven pieces, but the most important of his See also:

• WORKS

works at this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period were the successful farces produced at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court Theatre: The See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

Magistrate (See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1885), which ran for more than a year; The School-See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress (March 1886) ; See also:

• DANDY

Dandy See also:

• DICK, ROBERT
• DICK, THOMAS (1774-1857)

Dick (See also:

• JAN

Jan .

1887), revived in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1900; The See also:

• CABINET

Cabinet See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

Minister (See also:

• APRIL

April 1890), and The See also:

• AMAZONS

Amazons (March 1893) . Two comedies of sentiment, Sweet See also:

• LAVENDER

Lavender (See also:

• TERRY, EDWARD
• TERRY, ELLEN ALICIA (1848– )

Terry's, March 1888) and The Weaker See also:

• SEX (Lat. sexes; possibly connected with secure, to cut)

Sex (Theatre Royal, Manchester, See also:

• SEPT

Sept . 1888), met with success, and Sweet Lavender has enjoyed numerous revivals . With The Profligate (See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick, April 1889) he returned to the serious drama which he had already touched on in The Squire . Out of deference to the wishes of John See also:

• HARE
• HARE, SIR JOHN (1844– )

Hare the play was fitted with the conventional " happy ending," but the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original denouement was restored, with See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage to the unity of the play, in the printed version . The Second Mrs Tanqueray (St James's, May 27, 1893) dealt with the converse of the question propounded in The Profligate, but with more See also:

• ART

art and more courage . The piece aroused great discussion, and placed Pinero in the front See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of living dramatists (see DRAMA: See also:

• RECENT

Recent English) . It was translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, and the See also:

• PART

part of Paula Tanqueray, created in the first See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place by Mrs See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell, attracted many actresses, among others Eleonora See also:

• DUSE, ELEANORA (1859– )

Duse . His later plays were The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith (Garrick, March 13, 1895), The Benefit of the Doubt (See also:

• COMEDY

Comedy, Oct . 1895), The Princess and the Butterfly (St James's, April 7, 1897), Trelawney of the See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells (Court, Jan . 30, 1898), The See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

Gay See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Quex (Globe, April 8, 1899), See also:

• IRIS

Iris (Garrick, Sept . 21, 1901), Lefty (See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York's, Oct .

8, 1903), A Wife Without a Smile (See also:

• WYNDHAM, SIR CHARLES (1837— )
• WYNDHAM, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Wyndham's, Oct . 9, 1904), His See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order (St James's, Feb . 1, 1906), The Thunderbolt (St James's, May 9, 1908) and See also:

• MID

Mid-Channel (St James's, Sept . 2, 1909) . Pinero was knighted in 1909 . His Plays (It vols . 1891—1895) have prefaces by M . C . Salaman . See also H . See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton Fyfe, A . W .

Pinero (1902) .