In 19th century theater, a type of drama emerged that centered on a “woman with a past”. In the play The Second Lady Tanqueray (1893), by Arthur Wing Pinero, it is one of these women of dubious reputation who marries Mr. Tanqueray, a widower with a puritan daughter in a convent. The moral contrast between these two women is evident and will be the main dramaturgical axis of the narrative. In the end, the “woman with a past” reveals herself to be of extraordinary moral elevation, which culminates in her suicide.

In this version of the show, the female characters become men and the male characters become women. In various scenes, the moral conflicts take on very different contours, highlighting the absurdity of gender differences, or finding perversity in situations that seemed innocent. The characters do justice to the name “Tanqueray” and drink gin. They get drunk. They fight. Chaos is created – a chaos that is intended to be a breeding ground for a new, more organic logic.