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January 1st 1991
by Dover Publications
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Paperback, 96 pages
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0486266877
(isbn13: 9780486266879)
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Often called the best comedy of manners in English, and one of the most produced of all theatre classics, this delightful play displays Sheridan's mas...more
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Read in November, 2008
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gossipmongers and flibbertigibbets
I was struck by how modern the play seems, considering it was written in the second half of the 18th century. As far as readability goes, I simply couldn't put it down. The characters are quite funny, if a little one-dimensional, and the scenes cover the ridiculous to the hilarious. I would love to see this done live, notably the infamous screen scene. It's easy to see why this is considered one of the funniest manner plays of the English language.
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Funny. Honestly, intelligently funny. It's a play, so obviously you need to read it carefully and critically to find the humor in it, but once you really start thinking about the dialogue and envision it happening before you without the help of discriptive language, you start to see all the hidden quirks and meanings behind the dialogue. Reading a play is a lot harder than prose, in my opinion, since you have to dig deeper to find meaning, but it's all the more worth it once you do.
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Read in January, 2008
I'm reading this in preparation for an audition tomorrow. Pretty funny. Not subtle, but funny. Lots of asides and that sort of thing. This isn't the edition I have (mine is an adorable red leather copy with gilt pages from the ACT library) but I'm sure they're pretty much all the same.
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Read in December, 2008
Although written 100 years later, this is a very typical Restoration drama: mistaken identities, love triangles, characters hiding behind screens, etc.. Devoid of wit, though, this can best be compared to a modern day soap opera.
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I liked this play because of the insight I gained into London culture at the time of the neoclassical period. Some of the lines in this play made me laugh at loud at their wit. Good read.
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Read in January, 1996
Ha ha ha very funny indeed.
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