School for Scandal | Elegantly on the Harpsichord
In this uncredited review, a 1963 production of School for Scandal receives a favorable appraisal. The critic terms the play as ''iridescently enchanting, contagiously amusing.''
The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan is a kind of dramatic harpsichord. It has surface vivacity rather than inner strength. It has elegance of style rather than profundity of substance. Thumped by realism's heavy hand, it would jangle and go mute; stroked with exquisite artifice, it enchants and amuses. The present import from Britain, top-starring Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson, is iridescently enchanting, contagiously amusing.
Gielgud is Joseph Surface, the hypocrite...
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