under the late Victorian/Edwardian tradition of work by playwrights such as Arthur Wing Pinero, which feature a “fallen woman,” or “woman with a past,” who must be punished for past actions. Instead of dying or committing suicide, like many of the women in these plays (as in Pinero's famous play The Second Mrs. Tanqueray), Mrs. Dane is merely exiled to her hometown and the marriage called off. Reception Mrs. Dane's Defence was generally well received, though the morals promoted may have seemed old-fashioned by young, more liberal audiences who had seen the plays of George Bernard Shaw or William Archer. There are a number of cinema versions of Mrs. Dane's Defence. The first, a silent film in black and white, was released in 1918, directed by Hugh Ford, starring Pauline Frederick as Mrs. Dane, Frank Losee as Sir Daniel and Maude Turner Gordon as Lady Eastney. Another black and white film Mrs. Dane's Defence was produced by A.V. Bramble and released in 1933, starring Joan Barry as Mrs. Dane, Basil Gill as Sir Daniel and Evelyn Walsh Hall as Lady Eastney. References Jones, Henry Arthur. Representative Plays by Henry Arthur Jones in four Volumes, Edited, with Historical, Biographical, and Critical Introductions, by Clayton Hamilton: Volume Three. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. https://web.archive.org/web/20060710221900/http://www.harvestfields.ca/etextLinks/033/04.htm (on the cross-examination scene) http://p2.www.britannica.com/oscar/article-9327737 (general) http://www.ibdb.com/show.asp?ID=6310 (US production dates) http://tech.mit.edu/archives/VOL_021/TECH_V021_S0259_P004.pdf (includes a short critique on Mrs. Dane's Defence) External links https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009402/ (on the movie "Mrs. Dane's Defense", 1918) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247542/ (on the movie "Mrs. Dane's Defence", 1932) Plays by Henry Arthur Jones 1900 plays British plays adapted into films