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Author : Mark S. Auburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sheridan's Comedies, Their Contexts and Achievements written by Mark S. Auburn and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The play was first performed in London on 8 May 1777. Lady Sneerwell, a wealthy young widow, and her hireling Snake discuss her various scandal-spreading plots. Snake asks why she is so involved in the affairs of Sir Peter Teazle, his ward Maria, and Charles and Joseph Surface, two young men under Sir Peter's informal guardianship. And why she has not yielded to the attentions of Joseph, who is highly respectable. Lady Sneerwell confides that Joseph wants Maria, who is an heiress, and that Maria wants Charles. Thus she and Joseph are plotting to alienate Maria from Charles by putting out rumors of an affair between Charles and Sir Peter's new young wife, Lady Teazle. The play is widely acclaimed and has been adapted to film numerous times.
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sheridan's Comedies: The Rivals and The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0192825674
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)
Download or read book The School for Scandal and Other Plays written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 1998-05-07 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Richard Sheridan's work among the best of all English comedy. This edition includes his most famous plays, THE RIVALS, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, and THE CRITIC, as well as two lesser known musical plays. Detailed introduction and notes make this an invaluable edition for study and performance alike.
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Harlan Davidson
ISBN 13 : 9780882950921
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by Harlan Davidson. This book was released on 1986 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text of this edition is transcribed from that of George Nettleton, with additions or deletions set off in brackets. Also included are the dedicatory 'Portrait Addressed to Mrs Crewe', Garrick's 'Prologue', and G Colman's 'Epilogue'. Edited by John Loftis, this edition of The School for Scandal for performance and study also includes an introduction, a list of principal dates in the life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and a selected bibliography.
Author : Miriam Dunja Berraissoul
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640162188
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)
Download or read book R.B. Sheridan's "A School For Scandal": a play in a colonial context written by Miriam Dunja Berraissoul and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Institut für Anglistik), course: Seminar, language: English, abstract: This paper shall analyse Richard Brinsley Sheridan`s play “The School for Scandal”. This drama was first performed in 1776 in London’s Drury Lane Theatre, and was a cultural part of the colonization process in India. The aim of the first chapter is to provide some background information about Sheridan and his time, and also serves to explain the role which the concept of the sentimental comedy played during the time it was first performed in London. The main focus here, however, is to explore the differences as well as the comparable elements with other comedy genres. The second chapter deals with the production of “The School for Scandal” which was first performed in Calcutta in 1777. Here it seem appropriate to analise the motives behind the exportation of British culture into the colony and to find out more about the commercial as well as the cultural aspects. An important source of information in reference to this production is the Folger manuscript; a handwritten copy of the play complete with stage directions, which had been used at the New Playhouse in Calcutta. It is necessary to mention here that this Folger manuscript “recovered” by Mita Choudhury, whose essay about the production of “The School for Scandal” is the main source for the second part of this paper. The aim of this chapter however, is not to summarise her work, but rather to approach her argumentation critically. The last part of the paper deals with the question whether or not there is a connection between the play and the process of colonialism in Calcutta in terms of the production itself and its content. It also examines the part which colonialism plays within the drama, with regards to its moral and financial aspects.
Author : James Morwood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521464666
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (646 download)
Download or read book Sheridan Studies written by James Morwood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-12-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a systematic attempt to establish Sheridan as a major figure in the history of English comedy. Leading scholars address Sheridan's role not only as an outstanding playwright, but also as the manager of Drury Lane Theatre, and his subsequent career as a Member of Parliament. The essays examine the theatrical world in which Sheridan worked, discuss his major plays, and include a modern director's observations on the production of his work today. This is combined with an important re-evaluation of Sheridan's achievements as a master of rhetoric in the political arena, to provide a much needed contemporary assessment of this multifaceted man and his work.
Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 1410343456
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)
Download or read book A Study Guide for Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The Critic" written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on 2016 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Study Guide for Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The Critic," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
Author : Jack E. DeRochi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611484804
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)
Download or read book Richard Brinsley Sheridan written by Jack E. DeRochi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection of essays on Richard Brinsley Sheridan brings the most important British playwright of the eighteenth century back to the forefront of literary and cultural studies of the era. While his pyrotechnic life as a romantic hero, playwright, Member of Parliament, and theatre manager has generated a number of recent biographies, it is Sheridan's works--not just plays but also poetry and orations--that endure. These essays reclaim the legacy of the man of letters and partisan bon vivant who burst from obscurity to become a powerful cultural force in Georgian London. This collection covers the many lives of Sheridan, taking into account both his variegated career and the competing accounts of the man, as well as his early verse, which lays the foundation for his success as a playwright. Chapters are devoted to Sheridan's theatre, and provide innovative readings of his most famous dramatic pieces: The Rivals, The Duenna, The School for Scandal, The Critic, and Pizarro. The volume also includes extensive discussion of the dramatic highs of Sheridan's long political career, thus placing the playwright-politician firmly in the world in which performance and politics were inextricably entwined. Contributors: Mita Choudhury, Jack E. DeRochi, Marianna D'Ezio, Daniel J. Ennis, Emily Friedman, Steven Gores, David Haley, Robert W. Jones, Daniel O'Quinn, Glynis Ridley, John Vance, David Francis Taylor
Author : Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)
Download or read book The Rivals. A Comedy written by Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191605131
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book The School for Scandal and Other Plays written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1998-05-07 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 A Trip to Scarborough, adapted from Vanbrugh's The Relapse. Sheridan's last play, The Critic, is an exuberant parody of the modish tragic drama of the day. Lampooning Sir Fretful Plagiary's absurdly bombastic historical drama during its confused stages of production, its satire never fails to delight. The texts of the plays have been newly edited by the General Editor of the Oxford World's Classics English Drama series. A fine introduction and notes on Sheridan's playhouses and critical inheritance make this an invaluable edition for study and performance alike. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780141883625
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (836 download)
Download or read book The School for Scandal and Other Plays written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Sheridan's work among the best of all English comedy. This edition includes his most famous plays, The Rivals, The School for Scandal, and The Critic, as well as two lesser known musical plays, The Duenna and A Trip to Scarborough. A detailed introduction and notes on Sheridan's playhouses and critical inheritance make this an invaluable edition for study and performance alike. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Digireads.com Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781420927191
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (271 download)
Download or read book The School for Scandal and The Rivals written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by Digireads.com Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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. Together these works make a great introduction to the works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 1410356809
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)
Download or read book A Study Guide for Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The Rivals" written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on 2016 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Study Guide for Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The Rivals," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
Author : James E. Evans
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810819870
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Comedy, an Annotated Bibliography of Theory and Criticism written by James E. Evans and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No descriptive material is available for this title.
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Digireads.com Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781420927184
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (271 download)
Download or read book The School for Scandal, the Rivals, and the Critic written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by Digireads.com Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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 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. 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. Together these works make a great introduction to the works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
