The School for Scandal (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- First Published: 1780
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Drama, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: Love or romance, Marriage, England or English people, Eighteenth century, City life, London, Drinking or drunkenness, Money, Honor, Scandal, Libel or slander
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Sir Oliver Surface, a gentleman whose problem it is to discover which of two nephews is more worthy of the Surface fortune. Posing once as Mr. Premium, a moneylender, and also as Mr. Stanley, a poor relation, Sir Oliver is finally able to decide that Charles Surface is the worthier nephew.
Joseph Surface, the unworthy nephew. He is a double dealer and in the famous screen scene is discovered in several falsehoods by people upon whose influence his future depends. Joseph is one of two people who are left unhappy when the denouement takes place.
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