The School for Scandal, Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The School for Scandal

Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Narrator: Edith Evans, Cecil Parker, and cast

Abridged: 2 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 06/30/2008

Categories: Fiction, Drama


Synopsis

Sheridan’s most famous play, The School for Scandal, has been called ‘the best existing English comedy of intrigue’. A favourite with audiences and critics alike since its premiere in 1777, this play is a classic English comedy of manners. Full of satirical wit, it subverts the Georgian social mores of its day with subtlety and charm. This historic recording features Edith Evans, Cecil Parker, and Harry Andrews: some of the finest actors of their generation.

Author Bio

In need of funds, Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) turned to the only craft that could gain him the remuneration he desired in a short time: he began writing a play. He had over the years written and published essays and poems, and among his papers were humorous unfinished plays, essays and political tracts, but never had he undertaken such an ambitious project as this. In a short time, however, he completed The Rivals. He was 23 years old.

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