Richard Sheridan

Broschiertes Buch

The School for Scandal and Other Plays

Beschreibung

Includes three plays "The Rivals", "School for Scandal", "The Critic". In "The Rivals", Captain Absolute becomes his own rival for the hand of Lydia Languish - wooing her under another name, while her aunt, the verbally inept Mrs Malaprop, wishes her to marry the real Captain.

Autor

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816) was the son of an actor-elocutionist and educated at Harrow. He escorted the singer Elizabeth Linley to France, fought two duels on her behalf and married her in 1773. In 1775 he made a spectacular debut as a dramatist with The Rivals, St Patrick's Day and The Duenna, a comic opera. In 1776 he acquired Garrick's share in the Drury Lane Theatre which he managed until it burnt down in 1809. The School for Scandal was produced in 1777. From 1780 till 1812, Sheridan was an MP and held several government offices. Eric Rump is an Associate Professor of English at Glendon Collge, York University, Toronto. He is the author of a number of articles on both Restoration and modern drama.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 41033
• 1988.
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 128mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 206g
• ISBN-13: 9780140432404
• ISBN-10: 014043240X
• Artikelnr.: 21846083