Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934) was an English playwright and actor of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras in England. A leading playwright of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods in England, he wrote many popular farces and sentimental comedies. His serious dramas, including The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1893,) are credited with advancing dramatic realism and revitalizing English drama.
Born in London, Pinero studied law but, in 1874, made his début on the stage in Edinburgh, and in 1875 joined the Lyceum Company. His first play, £200 a Year, appeared in 1877, followed by a series of comedies.
In 1893, with The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, generally reckoned his best, Pinero began a period of realistic tragedies which were received with enthusiastic acclamation and made him the most successful playwright of his day.
In all, Pinero authored some 50 plays, including The Squire (1881,) The Magistrate (1885,) Dandy Dick (1887) and The Profligate (1889,) and later The Gay Lord Quex (1899,) His House in Order (1906) and Mid-Channel (1909.)
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I’d like to see America but I’m afraid to risk it. As soon as I got over Mr. Frohman might request me to sit in a box at the performance of one of my plays.
—Arthur Wing Pinero
There are two sorts of affection – the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love.
—Arthur Wing Pinero
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
—Arthur Wing Pinero
Topics: Love
I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.
—Arthur Wing Pinero
Topics: The Future, Future, Tomorrow
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
—Arthur Wing Pinero
Topics: Age, Love, Aging
There will be some trouble about ‘biography’ because I have never troubled myself to supply particulars of my early life to any writer.
—Arthur Wing Pinero
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