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Synopsis
Reputations mislead and appearances deceive in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero’s The Gay Lord Quex. Sophy, a spirited young manicurist, is suspicious of her foster sister, Muriel’s, fiancé: the Marquess of Quex, a notorious philanderer who claims to have reformed his ways for the sake of his intended. Sophy loves Muriel too much to allow her to be taken in by such a scandalous man, not when a better option presents itself in the form of a young, handsome captain. She tasks herself with proving Quex’s deceit, only to discover that the scoundrel may not be who she believed.
Show Information
- Book
- Arthur Wing Pinero
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 4
- First Produced
- 1899
- Genres
- Comedy, Farce
- Settings
- Period, Multiple Settings
- Time & Place
- Sophy’s salon in London and Fauncey Court in Richmond. Late 1890s.
- Cast Size
- large
- Licensor
- None/royalty-free
- Ideal For
- College/University, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Regional Theatre, Mostly Female Cast, Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult, Elderly Characters, Large Cast
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