The Schoolmistress: A Farce in Three Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero
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"The Schoolmistress: A Farce in Three Acts" by Arthur Wing Pinero is a farce written in 1886. When a headmistress secretly takes to the stage to fund her aristocratic husband's extravagances, she leaves him in charge of her girls' boarding school. Chaos erupts as students exploit his weakness, hosting an unauthorized party complete with a clandestine marriage, a gruff admiral, and unexpected guests. When a fire sends everyone scrambling and the headmistress
returns in full opera costume, a whirlwind of revelations and reconciliations ensues. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Schoolmistress: A Farce in Three Acts |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Schoolmistress_(play) |
| Credits |
Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | English drama -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 47560 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-47560-8 |
| Release Date | Dec 6, 2014 |
| Last Update | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 617 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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