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Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Tiffany Stern (Volume Editor, Editor)
Category: Fiction | Series: New Mermaids Ser.
Both Sheridan and Goldsmith lamented the popularity of sentimental comedy in the later eighteenth century and wrote their witty and satirical plays (though never lascivious in the manner of Restoration comedies) to counteract the sentimental mode. The Rivals (1775) was a qualified success: the suave you ...Show more
School for Scandal and Other Plays The Rivals and The Critic by Sheridan Richard Brinsley
Category: Plays
The School for Scandal and Other Plays by Richard Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Category: Fiction | Series: Classics Ser.
The three plays collected in this volume demonstrate Sheridan's unerring ability to create unrivalled comedy out of ingenious plots, witty repartee, farcical situations and flamboyant characters. And while he never overtly moralizes, Sheridan uses brilliant comedy to deflate hypocrisy and satirize the m ...Show more
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