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    <![CDATA[The School for Scandal]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;The School for Scandal&quot; is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upper class society in the late 1700s. Often referred to as a &quot;comedy of manners&quot;, &quot;The School for Scandal&quot; is one Sheridan's most performed plays and a classic of English comedic drama.]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Rivals]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Immensely popular comedy of manners featuring such memorable characters as the lovely Lydia Languish, her suitor, Capt. Jack Absolute; and Lydia's aunt &#8212; Mrs. Malaprop, cleverly revolves around false identities, romantic entanglements, and parental disapproval. Brilliant comic masterpiece satirizing the pretentiousness and sentimentality of 18th-century society.&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[The School for Scandal and Other Plays]]>
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    <![CDATA[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.]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>New Mermaids</strong> are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes:<br/><br/>&#149; The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards<br/>&#149; Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings<br/>&#149; Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-play<br/>&#149; Critical, contextual and staging notes<br/>&#149; Photographs of productions where applicable<br/>&#149; A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading.<br/><br/>Edited and updated by leading scholars and printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, New Mermaids offer invaluable guidance for actor, student, and theatre-goer alike.]]>
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    <![CDATA[The School for Scandal And the Rivals]]>
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    <![CDATA[Combined in this volume are two of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's most loved works, &quot;The School for Scandal&quot; and &quot;The Rivals&quot;. &quot;The School for Scandal&quot; is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upper class society in the late 1700s. Often referred to as a &quot;comedy of manners&quot;, &quot;The School for Scandal&quot; is one Sheridan's most performed plays and a classic of English comedic drama. &quot;The Rivals&quot; 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. &quot;The Rivals&quot; satirizes the pretentiousness of English society in the late 18th century. As witty and accessible today as when it was first written, &quot;The Rivals&quot; 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.]]>
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    <![CDATA[The School for Scandal and Other Plays: &quot;The Rivals&quot;,&quot;The Critic&quot;,&quot;The School for Scandal&quot;]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[J. B. Donne, M.A.]]></name>
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    <![CDATA[St. Patrick's Day; or, The Scheming Lieutenant]]>
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    <![CDATA[Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman. Richard was educated at Harrow School, and was to study law. However, his highly romantic elopement with Elizabeth Linley put paid to such hopes. His first play, The Rivals, produced at Covent Garden in 1775, was a failure on its first night. Sheridan cast a more capable actor for the role of the comic Irishman for its second performance, and it was a smash which immediately established the young playwright's reputation. It has gone on to become a standard of English literature. His most famous play School for Scandal (1777) is considered one of the greatest comedies of manners in English. It was followed by The Critic (1779), an updating of the satirical restoration play The Rehearsal. He was also a Whig politician, entering parliament in 1780. A great public speaker, he remained in parliament until 1812, and was a leading figure in the party. Amongst his other works are St. Patrick's Day; or, The Scheming Lieutenant (1775), The Duenna (1775), Scarborough and the Critic (1777) and School for Scandal (1777).]]>
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