Sweet Lavender. Founded, Under Special Permission, on the Celebrated Play, by A. W. Pinero. (Family Jars.).

Publisher Marketing: Title: Sweet Lavender. Founded, under special permission, on the celebrated play, by A. W. Pinero. (Family Jars.). Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Williams, Henry Llewellyn; Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing 1889 59 p.; 8 . 12621.h.9.(5.) Contributor Bio:  Pinero, Arthur Wing Arthur Wing Pinero was born in London in 1855, abandoned the legal profession for acting in 1874 and had his first play produced in 1877. His first major success, "The Magistrate" (1855), which he also directed, was followed by two more farces, "The Schoolmistress" (1886) and" Dandy Dick "(1887), and a comedy, "Sweet Lavender "(1888), which ran for 683 performances. "The Profligate" (1889), his first problem play, heralded two more, "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" (1893) and "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith" (1895), both of which starred Mrs. Patrick Campbell. After "Trelawny of the 'Wells'" (1898), his popularity was sustained with such plays as" His House in Order "(1906), and" Mid-Channel" in 1909, the year of his knighthood. Thereafter his success on stage lessened, though he lived to a respected 79, dying in 1934.