The School for Scandal: Play Guide and Free Edition
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The School for Scandal is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The School for Scandal" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan is a comedy of manners first performed in 1777. In fashionable London society, gossip-mongers spread malicious rumors while hidden motives and false reputations abound. Two brothers compete for the same heiress, though one is deemed respectable while the other is considered a wastrel. Meanwhile, their wealthy uncle returns from abroad in disguise to test their true characters. Marriages strain, scandals brew, and nothing is quite as it seems in this world of wit and deception.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The School for Scandal
- Author credits: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Comedy plays
- England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Drama
- English drama -- 18th century
- Nobility -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Drama
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
- Harvard Classics
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