01674cam a22003253u 4500 47560 UtSlPG 20260610134108.0 m cr n 260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934 The Schoolmistress: A Farce in Three Acts Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2014 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Schoolmistress_(play) Release date is 2014-12-06 Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "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.) Original publication data not identified Comedy plays English drama -- 19th century https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47560 88399 88399