She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer Alternative Title: The Mistakes of a Night
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
First Performance: 1773, London
Published: 1773
Genre: Com. in 5 acts; prose
Setting: An old-fashioned house in the country and a nearby inn
Cast: 7m, 4f, extras
Old Mr Hardcastle, a country gentleman, has two children, Kate from his first marriage and a stepson Tony Lumpkin, the boorish son of his second wife, the domineering Mrs Hardcastle. Hardcastle has arranged for his daughter to marry Young Marlow, while Mrs Hardcastle wants Tony to marry Constance, Kate's cousin, so as to keep Constance's jewels in the family. Constance, however, loves Hastings, the best friend of Marlow. Constance tells Kate that Marlow is very modest with women of quality, but that he has ‘a very different...
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