| Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Standard loan | Library Services Main collection | Print books | 822.6 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 11776303 |
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| 822.6 KUR The black album : adapted for the stage by the author | 822.6 SHE The plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 822.6 SHE The school for scandal and other plays | 822.6 SHE The school for scandal and other plays | 822.7082 NIN Nineteenth century plays | 822.8 WIL An ideal husband / | 822.8 WIL An ideal husband / |
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The three plays collected in this volume demonstrate Sheridan's unerring ability to create unrivalled comedy out of ingenious plots, witty repartee, farcical situations and flamboyant characters. And while he never overtly moralizes, Sheridan uses brilliant comedy to deflate hypocrisy and satirize the manners of his age. 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. The School for Scandal continues the theme of imposture when Sir Oliver tests his nephews by appearing to them in disguise, and learns that reputation and the approval of society are of little value. The Critic, featuring the pompous Puff and the arrogant Sneer, is a mocking depiction of the theatre, playwrights and, of course, critics.
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