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The intrigues of such aptly named characters as Lady Sneerwell, Sir Joseph Surface, Lady Candour, and Sir Benjamin Backbite have amused theater audiences for more than two centuries. They are the invention of the Irish-born playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and they unfold,... Read Full Overview

The School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777. The School for Scandal has been widely admired. The English critic William Hazlitt was particularly effusive in his praise of Sheridan's... Read Full Overview

Enduringly popular less for its plots than for its verbal brilliance
and wit, The School for Scandal (1777) was the most frequently
performed play of its time. Sir Peter Teazle has made the perennial
mistake of elderly bachelors in English comedy and married a much
younger... Read Full Overview

The School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777. Plot Act I Scene I: Lady Sneerwell, a wealthy young widow, and her hireling Snake discuss her various scandal-spreading plots. Snake asks... Read Full Overview

THE STORY: Sir Peter Teazle, a middle-aged, wealthy bachelor, has recently married a pretty maid from the country. Suddenly thrust into London's high society, the young and frivolous Lady Teazle finds herself a willing member of a vicious, scandal-

Sheridan's most successful play, often considered the apex of English comedy.

Desde su estreno en 1777, El Arte de Difamar ("The School for Scandal") se convirti en un cl sico de los escenarios debido a su exposici n de los vicios y frivolidad de la alta sociedad inglesa durante el reino de George III. Esta comedia de costumbres nos relata los enredos... Read Full Overview

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and... Read Full Overview

The School for Scandal: A Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777. Various editions of the play exhibit several relatively minor textual differences... Read Full Overview

The School for Scandal is a brilliant satire of high society, exposing the hypocrisy, gossip, and scheming that flourish among the upper classes. Set in 18th-century London, Sheridan's witty comedy follows a cast of memorable characters as they navigate a web of rumors, intrigue,... Read Full Overview

The School for Scandal is one of the most famous comedies of manners in English literature, satirizing gossip, deception, and superficial morality in high society. Set in 18th-century London, the play mocks hypocrisy, greed, and the... Read Full Overview