Project Gutenberg 2012-09-07 Public domain in the USA. 210 Pinero, Arthur Wing 1855 1934 Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, A. W. (Arthur Wing) Pinero, Arthur W. (Arthur Wing) Dandy Dick: A Play in Three Acts Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_Dick_(play) Produced by Paul Haxo from page images generously made available by the Internet Archive. "Dandy Dick: A Play in Three Acts" by Arthur Wing Pinero is a comedic play written in the late 19th century. It explores themes of social propriety, youthful rebellion, and the clash between tradition and modernity, primarily through the lives of the Dean's daughters, Salome and Sheba. These characters find themselves drawn into a web of comic situations surrounding a fancy dress ball and the unexpected arrival of characters connected to their father’s professional and personal life. The opening of the play introduces us to the Deanery of St. Marvells on a bright spring morning, where Salome and Sheba express their turmoil about attending a masked ball against their father's wishes. Their excitement and trepidation set the stage for the day’s events, as they contemplate how to secure funds for their costly costumes. The scene gains complexity with the entry of the Dean, who brings his own worldly concerns. As the plot unfolds, we also meet Major Tarver and Mr. Darbey, who complicate the girls' plans, creating an atmosphere of delightful chaos that intertwines themes of love, duty, and the humorous challenges of maintaining decorum in a changing society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40700/40700-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en English drama -- 19th century PR Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 267871 2025-08-16T13:08:09.820958 text/html 256429 2024-10-23T10:42:15 text/html 264679 2025-08-16T13:08:16.785947 application/epub+zip 266240 2025-08-16T13:08:10.953002 application/epub+zip 112661 2025-08-16T13:08:10.371990 application/epub+zip 360868 2025-08-16T13:08:19.933930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362593 2025-08-16T13:08:16.089944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209290 2022-09-18T15:54:50.243816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167824 2025-08-16T13:08:08.013975 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 148039 2024-10-23T10:42:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16717 2025-08-16T13:08:20.100893 application/rdf+xml 11699 2025-08-16T13:08:10.470951 image/jpeg 1917 2025-08-16T13:08:10.422945 image/jpeg 245843 2025-08-16T13:08:09.841966 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia