Arthur Wing Pinero

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Arthur Wing Pinero

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (born May 24, 1855 in London , † November 23, 1934 ) was a British playwright and stage actor.

Life

Pinero first followed his Portuguese- born father John Daniel Pinero, a Jewish lawyer, and began studying law. He broke this off, however, and began an engagement with RH Wyndham's Company at the Royal Theater in Edinburgh in 1874 . After he was also on stage in Liverpool , he returned to London in 1876. First he played there at the Globe Theater , but then joined the ensemble of the Lyceum Theater . A short time later he wrote his first pieces. Above all, his comedies made the extremely productive Pinero famous. In 1909 he was promoted to Knight Bachelor .

His romance The Enchanted Cottage has been filmed several times.

Works (selection)

  • The Squire (1881)
  • The Magistrate (1885)
  • The Schoolmistress (1886)
  • Dandy Dick (1887)
  • Sweet Lavender (1888)
  • The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1893)
  • The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith (1895)
  • Trelawny of the Wells (1898)
  • The Gay Lord Quex (1899)
  • Iris (1901)
  • Mid-Channel (1909)
  • The Enchanted Cottage (1923)

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personal data
SURNAME Pinero, Arthur Wing
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British playwright and stage actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1934
Place of death London