The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
- Program
- The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
- Producing Organization
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Contributing Organization
- Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/75-32d7wq5x
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- Description
- Program Description
- A 40-year-old widower, Aubrey Tanqueray, is established comfortably in bachelor quarters when he announces he will remarry. He realized his future bride, Miss Paula Ray, has a past and is not accepted by society. Aubrey, who has forgiven her past, takes Paula to his country estate to shield her from the society she longs to be part of. There, with only Aubrey's young daughter Ellean, the second Mrs. Tanqueray begins a life of ostracized boredom. Paula longs for affection, Ellean's recognition, and the life of the society that has shunned her. This program runs approximately 90-minutes. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Description
- Elizabeth Sellers stars as The Second Mrs. Tanqueray. The program attacks the manner in which society treats those it has labeled as outcasts. Although the play was first presented in the St. James Theater in London in 1893, its theme and treatment are contemporary. It is the story of 40-year-old Aubrey Tanqueray, played by Peter Williams, who decides to remarry. His bride is a woman of questionable virtue, a woman not accepted in his social circles. Aubrey takes The Second Mrs. Tanqueray to live in his country estate. There, Paula Tanqueray, with only his young daughter, Ellean, for company, is exiled to a life of boredom and frustration. Pineros drama was the first major play written by an English dramatist after the theater was revolutionized by Henrik Ibsen. The Second Mrs. Tanqueray was revolutionary in its own right it was the first time the Victorian upper classes were criticized for their customs. Pinero attacks the double standard of Victorian morals which permitted one code of morality for men, and another for women. The author treats Paula Tanqueray with sympathy, depicting her as the victim of a hypocritical society.
- Broadcast Date
- 1965-05-28
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Drama
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Actor: Archard, Bernard
Actor: Duncan, Fiona
Actor: Carpenter, Richard
Actor: Williams, Peter
Actor: Watson, Gary
Actor: Wiilson, Jennifer
Actor: McMillen, Mary
Actor: Hodge, Christopher
Actor: Green, Seymour
Actor: Wilson, Jennifer
Actor: Scott, Margaretta
Actor: Brook, Terence
Actor: Llewelyn, Desmond
Actor: Sellars, Elizabeth
Actor: Bould, Beckett
Producing Organization: British Broadcasting Corporation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_2703 (WNET Archive)
Format: 16mm film
Duration: 00:33:18?
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_2704 (WNET Archive)
Format: 16mm film
Duration: 00:45:12?
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- Citations
- Chicago: “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,” 1965-05-28, Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 6, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-32d7wq5x.
- MLA: “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.” 1965-05-28. Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 6, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-32d7wq5x>.
- APA: The Second Mrs. Tanqueray. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-32d7wq5x