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(3.82) | 26 | Both Sheridan and Goldsmith lamented the popularity of sentimental comedy in the later eighteenth century and wrote their witty and satirical plays (though never lascivious in the manner of Restoration comedies) to counteract the sentimental mode. The Rivals (1775) was a qualified success: the suave young officer who is 'forced' by his father to marry the very girl to whom he is secretly engaged must always please; but first audiences were as uncertain as later critics about how to evaluate his neurotic friend Faulkland, who invents a series of caveats for his marriage to the earnest Julia. A country squire who becomes alarmingly foppish in town, an impetuous Irishman and the linguistically challenged Mrs Malaprop complete the cast. This edition includes the original preface and several prologues; in an appendix it lists all the fashionable books and songs to which the characters allude.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » See also 26 mentions » Add other authors (14 possible) Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | — | primary author | all editions | calculated | Adams Jr., John Quincy | Introduction | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Aitken, George Atherton | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Ayres, Rosalind | Narrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Balston, T. | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Ben Sussan, René | Illustrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Brown, John Mason | Introduction | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | CASEY, KATHY | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Couch, Sir A.T. Quiller | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Counsell, Colin | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Crehan, T. | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Danziger, Kenneth | Narrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Davis, Lucy | Narrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Downer, Alan S. | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Duthie, Elizabeth | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Evans, Edith | Narrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Gregory, Frank M. | Illustrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Grotz, William | Illustrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Hampden, John | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Hopper, Vincent F. | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Howe, Will David | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Kredel, Fritz | Illustrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Lahey, Gerald B. | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Lavin, J. A. | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Mathews, Brander | Introduction | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | O'Malley, M. Power | Illustrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Owen, Lloyd | Narrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Price, C. J. L. | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Quirk, Moira | Narrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Stern, Tiffany | Editor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Templeman, Simon | Narrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed | Wolf, Matthew | Narrator | secondary author | some editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions Both Sheridan and Goldsmith lamented the popularity of sentimental comedy in the later eighteenth century and wrote their witty and satirical plays (though never lascivious in the manner of Restoration comedies) to counteract the sentimental mode. The Rivals (1775) was a qualified success: the suave young officer who is 'forced' by his father to marry the very girl to whom he is secretly engaged must always please; but first audiences were as uncertain as later critics about how to evaluate his neurotic friend Faulkland, who invents a series of caveats for his marriage to the earnest Julia. A country squire who becomes alarmingly foppish in town, an impetuous Irishman and the linguistically challenged Mrs Malaprop complete the cast. This edition includes the original preface and several prologues; in an appendix it lists all the fashionable books and songs to which the characters allude. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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