Pinero

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True Life as the Comedy Unfolds

A comedy can sometimes seem absurd and unreal thus for it to achieve mimesis , it should contain some elements of melodrama . Arthur Pinero 's (1899 ) Trelawny of the Wells ' applies this principle . The play , which turns out to be a comedy at the end , employs some melodramatic elements that help mimic reality . The scenes that present distresses of the actors make the play present a slice of true life

The plot of the play begins with the news that Rose Trelawny is

leaving Bagnigge Wells , the theater house where she works as a lead actress . Her friends at the theater celebrate her farewell but at the same time regret losing a good actress . Engaged to Arthur Gower , a rich heir to his Grandfather Sir William Gower a Vice Chancellor , Rose has agreed with Arthur 's grandparents to try living with them for a while at the Cavendish Square before the marriage , in to get accustomed to the ways of the Western Londoners . Unknown to her , however , the arrangement should tell whether she , a theater actress would pass the standards of the grandfather and his spinster sister , Trafalgar

Act Two presents the dilemma that Rose gets into . It reveals the real motive of the Gowers in asking Rose to live with them for a couple of weeks before getting married . Given their reputation , the Gowers have to make sure that the woman their grandson marries is a woman of grace and...