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The School for Scandal and Other Plays
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Description for The School for Scandal and Other Plays
Paperback. Editor(s): Cordner, Michael. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Sheridan's work among the best of of all English comedy. The School for Scandal (1777) is his masterpiece, a brilliantly crafted comedy of contrasts in which brothers Joseph and Charles Surface contend for Maria, with hilariously differing intentions and results. Also a work of acute comic irony, The Rivals satirizes the romantic posturing of Lydia Languish while her disguised suitor Captain Absolute's resourceful contrivances advance an ever inventive and skilfully wrought plot. Included in this edition are the opera play The Duenna and the rarely printed musical play ... Read more
Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Sheridan's work among the best of of all English comedy. The School for Scandal (1777) is his masterpiece, a brilliantly crafted comedy of contrasts in which brothers Joseph and Charles Surface contend for Maria, with hilariously differing intentions and results. Also a work of acute comic irony, The Rivals satirizes the romantic posturing of Lydia Languish while her disguised suitor Captain Absolute's resourceful contrivances advance an ever inventive and skilfully wrought plot. Included in this edition are the opera play The Duenna and the rarely printed musical play ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199540099
SKU
V9780199540099
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About Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Michael Cordner is Professor of English in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York.
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