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The intrigues of such aptly named characters as Lady Sneerwell, Sir Joseph Surface, Lady Candour, and Sir Benjamin Backbite have amused theater audiences for more than two centuries. They are the invention of the Irish-born playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and they unfold, collide, and backfire hilariously in his masterpiece, The School for Scandal, a play still considered by many the best comedy of manners in English. It is a comedy with two...
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"The Rivals" is a comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and first performed in 1775. The play is set in Bath, England, and tells the story of several characters who are all in pursuit of love and marriage.
The central plot revolves around the wealthy and fashionable Captain Jack Absolute, who is in love with Lydia Languish, a young woman who is obsessed with romantic novels and desires to marry a man with a tragic past. To win her...
3) The Rivals
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The Rivals was Richard Brinsley Sheridan's first play and while at first it was not well received it would go on to prove to be a great success and establish Sheridan as a major talent. The Rivals satirizes the pretentiousness of English society in the late 18th century. As witty and accessible today as when it was first written, The Rivals sparkles with the humor that Sheridan and his writing are known for.
4) The Duenna
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"The Duenna" was first performed in 1775 and was even deemed "the best opera ever written" by Lord Byron. It was a group effort between Sheridan, his father-in-law Thomas Linley the elder, an expert composer, and brother-in-law Thomas Linley the younger.
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"A Trip to Scarborough" ingeniously merges Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The Critic" and "Sir John Vanbrugh's The Relapse." Set in Scarborough, this comedic fusion follows the comical adventures of theater and society. Amid mistaken identities and amorous entanglements, characters journey for leisure, inciting uproarious chaos. Skillfully satirizing theater and societal norms, the play-within-a-play format offers witty commentary on human foibles,...
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"St. Patrick's Day" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan is a one-act comic play set in Ireland. It revolves around the antics of a scheming lieutenant who manipulates situations for his benefit. The plot unfolds as the lieutenant cleverly engineers misunderstandings and rivalries, ultimately orchestrating a humorous confrontation. Sheridan's witty dialogue and situational humor highlight human nature's folly, making it a delightful exploration of intrigue...
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Combined in this volume are two of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's most loved works, "The School for Scandal" and "The Rivals". "The School for Scandal" is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upper class society in the late 1700s. Often referred to as a "comedy of manners", "The School for Scandal" is one Sheridan's most performed plays and a classic of English comedic drama. "The Rivals" was Richard Brinsley Sheridan's...
8) The Critic
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In The Critic Richard Brinsley Sheridan turns his attention to satirize the Theatre and all the people engaged in the business of the Theatre in late 18th century England. The critic of the story is a man by the name of Mr. Dangle and the play that is the subject of criticism is a horribly written production named The Spanish Armada. Fans of Sheridan will delight in this lesser known work.
9) Pizarro
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First performed in 1800, "Pizarro" is based on a German drama by Kotzebue. It is a story of Spanish imperialism over the Incas of Peru.
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Combined in this volume are three of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's most loved works, The School for Scandal and The Rivals and The Critic. "The School for Scandal" is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upper class society in the late 1700's. Often referred to as a "comedy of manners", "The School for Scandal" is one Sheridan's most performed plays and a classic of English comedic drama. "The Rivals" was Richard Brinsley...
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Combined in this volume are three of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's most loved works. "The School for Scandal" is Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upper class society in the late 1700s. Often referred to as a "comedy of manners", "The School for Scandal" is one Sheridan's most performed plays and a classic of English comedic drama. "The Rivals" was Sheridan's first play and while at first it was not well received it would go on to prove...