Masks and Faces

by Charles Reade, Tom Taylor

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Genres: Plays

68 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1854

About the author

Charles Reade was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. He fell out of fashion by the turn of the century - "it is unusual to meet anyone who has voluntarily read him," wrote George Orwell in an essay on Reade - but during the 19th century Reade was one of England's most popular novelists. He was not highly regarded by critics.

Reviews

[Surreysmum]

[These notes were made in 1983; play dates from 1854:]. Read for exams. A brief two-acter, self-referential, and terribly sentimental (o welcome relief from Restoration comedy!) Sanctity of marriage, and the wicked actress proves to have a heart of gold. Colley Cibber appears as the representative of days (and manners) gone by. Apparently popular - it ran 102 nights.