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The Schoolmistress: A Farce In Three Acts
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ISBN10: 1517124794
ISBN13: 9781517124793
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Aug 31 2015
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781517124793
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Aug 31 2015
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
From the INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
When, during the season of 1885, the exceptional success of The Magistrate had revived the fortunes of the Court Theatre and included that house once again among the popular places of entertainment, the future policy of Messrs. John Clayton and Arthur Cecil's management was practically determined. The essentially comic play, the farce of character and manners, was henceforth to compose the programme, and Mr. Pinero, who had suggested the new policy, and so happily inaugurated it, was naturally commissioned to provide the next play. The Schoolmistress was accordingly forthcoming in due time, and in the composition of this piece the author further developed his ideas as to the scope and meaning of modern farce, ideas which will be found briefly expounded in my introductory note to The Cabinet Minister, published in the present series of Mr. Pinero's plays. The Schoolmistress has a very simple stagehistory. It was produced at the old Court Theatre on March 27, 1886, and it immediately caught the laughter and applause of the town, the success being so decided that the play retained its place in the programme until January 22, 1887, the total number of performances in the interval having amounted to 290.
When, during the season of 1885, the exceptional success of The Magistrate had revived the fortunes of the Court Theatre and included that house once again among the popular places of entertainment, the future policy of Messrs. John Clayton and Arthur Cecil's management was practically determined. The essentially comic play, the farce of character and manners, was henceforth to compose the programme, and Mr. Pinero, who had suggested the new policy, and so happily inaugurated it, was naturally commissioned to provide the next play. The Schoolmistress was accordingly forthcoming in due time, and in the composition of this piece the author further developed his ideas as to the scope and meaning of modern farce, ideas which will be found briefly expounded in my introductory note to The Cabinet Minister, published in the present series of Mr. Pinero's plays. The Schoolmistress has a very simple stagehistory. It was produced at the old Court Theatre on March 27, 1886, and it immediately caught the laughter and applause of the town, the success being so decided that the play retained its place in the programme until January 22, 1887, the total number of performances in the interval having amounted to 290.
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