She Stoops to Conquer - Couverture souple

Goldsmith, Oliver

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0713650869 ISBN 13 : 9780713650860

Editeur : A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

This drama text is one of a series of important English plays. It includes a critical introduction, biography of the author, discussions of date and sources, textual details, a bibliography and information about the staging of "She Stoops to Conquer".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

How is this book unique?

1. Font adjustments & biography included
2. Unabridged (100% Original content)
3. Formatted for e-reader
4. Illustrated

About She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

This charming comedy has delighted audiences for over two centuries. First performed in 1773, it concerns Kate Hardcastle, a young lady who poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. A number of delightful deceits and hilarious turns of plot must be played out before the mating strategies of both Kate Hardcastle and her friend Constance Neville conclude happily. Along the way, there is an abundance of merry mix-ups, racy dialogue and sly satire of the sentimental comedies of Goldsmith's day. The extraordinary humor and humanity with which Goldsmith invested this play have made it one of the most read, performed, and studied of all English comedies.

Revue de presse

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0713650869
• ISBN 13: 9780713650860
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible