She Stoops to Conquer (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays)

Oliver Goldsmith

ISBN 10: 0486268675 / ISBN 13: 9780486268675

Published by Dover Publications, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: She Stoops to Conquer (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays)
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486268675
• ISBN 13: 9780486268675
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1754470352.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 46822892
• Signed: 8/6/2025 8:52:32 AM
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Synopsis

Charming satire of the sentimental comedies of the day has entertained audiences since 1773. A young lady poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Many delightful deceits, hilarious turns of plot must be played out before the play concludes happily. Notes.

Review

Oliver Goldsmith's comedy was a milestone: yes, it's fast and funny, almost farcical at times, a great night out, and so on, but it's also a psychological masterpiece written at the time when English society began its stately progress towards its admirable class system. Sunday Times "A bomproof comedy...Oliver Goldsmith's play is about the clash between town and country, between varying degrees of pretension." Robert Dawson Scott, The Times, 04.06.08 'Against Sean Crowley's elegant blank canvas of a set, which allows a home to be mistaken for an inn, Goldsmith's themes of class and snobbery unfold with delicious clarity. The performances are both ticklish and sophisticated - the actors step outside the action to address the audience directly - and yet played for traditional laughs and tremendous relish.' Elisabeth Mahoney, Gaurdian, 01 May 2009 --Gaurdian