by Richard Brinsley Sheridan · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9780510343644
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«School for Scandal» is the comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, published by Oxford University Press in paperback (144 pages, in English).
Comedy of manners premiered in 1777 at the Drury Lane Theatre in London. Its plot portrays a group of characters given to gossip and social intrigue, where appearances deceive and reputation changes hands as convenient. Beneath the humor and disguises, the play criticizes the hypocrisy of society and remains a regular title on the stage.
Edition by F. W. Bateson for the New Mermaids collection; the reproduced text follows the 1821 edition of Sheridan's dramatic works.
Suitable for students of English literature, fans of classical theater and readers interested in eighteenth-century comedy of manners.
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester. The owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London, he wrote several prominent plays such as The Rivals (1775), The Duenna (1775), The School for Scandal (1777) and A Trip to Scarborough (1777). He served as Treasurer of the Navy from 1806 to 1807. Sheridan died in 1816 and was buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His plays remain a central part of the Western canon and are frequently performed around the world.
