CHAPTER XI

Two Portraits--Mr. Pinero's Career as an Actor--His Early Works--_The Squire, Lords and Commons_--The Pieces which followed, Half-Comedy, Half-Farce--_The Profligate_; its Success and Defects: _Lady Bountiful_--_The Second Mrs. Tanqueray_: Character of Paula--Mrs. Patrick Campbell--_The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith_ 254