The School for Scandal (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- First Published: 1780
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Sir Peter Teazle, Lady Teazle, Maria, Sir Oliver Surface, Joseph Surface, Charles Surface, Lady Sneerwell, Rowley
- 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
The Story:
Lady Sneerwell, who in her youth was the target of slander, had set her life upon a course to reduce the reputations of other women to the level of her own. Aided by her intimate, Snake, she intrigued to involve the Teazles in scandal, to bring Joseph Surface’s true character to light, to wreck the love between Charles and Maria, and to gain Charles for herself along with Sir Oliver’s fortune. To her the world consisted of nothing but scandal and scandalous intrigues, and she did her best to make her vision a reality. She was not successful, however, when she...
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See Also:
- - For teachers, the School for Scandal Lesson Plan.
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