The School for Scandal

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The School for Scandal
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Edited by Prof. Ann Blake
SeriesNew Mermaids
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9780713662900
ClassificationsDewey:822.6
Audience
General
Illustrations approx 4 b&w photos

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publication Date 21 June 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In "The School for Scandal", Sheridan's artificial world of heightened wit and heightened folly delights its audience, but at times it engages them with moments of human pain and happiness, before delivering them back to its comedy.

Author Biography

Ann Blake is Honorary Fellow at the School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia

Reviews

"The quintessential creation about people blabbering about people. Here is sham, snobbery and betrayal in full regalia. Yet it is suffused with true elegance. Even sentiment peers through. Language glitters and characters effervesce." --The New York Times