The school for scandal : a comedy : as it acted at the Theatre, Smoke-Alley, Dublin
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- Title
- The school for scandal : a comedy : as it acted at the Theatre, Smoke-Alley, Dublin
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822.6 SHE
74006860
- Sophie Laws collection
- Creator
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
- Date
- 1793
- Abstract
- The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners, a play satirizing the behavior and customs of upper classes through witty dialogue and an intricate plot with comic situations that expose characters' shortcomings. Characters generally consist of stock types such as the bore, the flirt, the gossip, the wastrel, the rich uncle, etc. rather than individuals with unique qualities. Charles Surface is an extravagant but good-hearted young man. His brother Joseph, supposedly more respectable and worthy, is shown to be a conniving schemer who courts Lady Teazle, the young wife of a wealthy old nobleman. Sir Oliver Surface, their uncle, disguises himself to discover which of his nephews shall be his heir. Joseph is exposed as a hypocrite, and Charles triumphs, winning both fortune and true love.
- Subject
- Drama
- Format
- 123 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
- physical book
- Publisher
- The Booksellers
- Language
- English
- Type
- Archive
- Rights Holder
- The Booksellers
- Item sets
- Archive