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Chargement... Sheridan's Playspar Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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This edition of the complete plays of Sheridan, English dramatist, theatre manager, and politician, includes The Rivals and The School for Scandal, as well as six lesser-known works: St. Patrick's Day, The Duenna, A Trip to Scarborough, The Camp, The Critic, and Pizarro. the only one available in paperback B Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)822.6Literature English & Old English literatures English drama Later 18th century 1745-1800Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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Sheridan's first dramatic accomplishment, The Rivals was "not well received" when first enacted. But after a quick revision in which the author shortened it and toned it down, it has been a notable success for centuries, not only for its familiar plot of a high-born lover (Capt. Jack Absolute) pretending baseness to woo his beloved (the sentimental Lydia Languish), but for the marvelously misspeaking Mrs. Malaprop, the most delightful misuser of language since Shakespeare's Dogberry. Despite other Shakespearean echoes from Lear, Macbeth, Falstaff, and Hamlet, in the end the titular rivals avoid tragic bloodshed from dueling just as in Much Ado and Twelfth Night to allow the appropriate heteronormative romantic couplings to flourish. Making the play more difficult for a modern audience are its story's class-ist, sexist and racist foundations. ( )