James Lindsay

The Rat

When bored courtesan Zelie de Chaumet begs her lover, the corrupt and powerful Stetz, to take her slumming, the...

The Admirable Crichton

When a Lord and family are shipwrecked on an island their butler becomes a king.

The Cost of Beauty

A rich woman refuses to bear her husband a child, but adopts a son by his mistress after his death.

The Bachelor's Club

A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters.

The Second Mrs Tanqueray

Her Greatest Performance

Retired actress poses as dresser to scare murderer into confessing and clearing her son.

The World of Wonderful Reality

A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.

Damaged Goods

A quack doctor 'cures' a victim of venereal disease, whose baby is later born infected.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor

'1860-1910. Life of a mayor's daughter if she married (a) a rich baronet; (b) a poor shopkeeper; (c) nobody.' (...

Aunt Rachel

A jilted aunt refuses to let her niece marry a violinist's nephew.