St. Patrick's Day Or The Scheming Lieutenant

Name: St. Patrick's Day Or The Scheming Lieutenant
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
ISBN: 9781787367388

Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Language: English
Length: 50 pages
ISBN: 9781787367388
Published: 20 August 2023
Imprint: Sovereign

comedy
mistaken identities
romance
societal satire
18th century
love entanglements
Bath society
witty dialogue
Captain Absolute
Lydia Languish

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Description

"St. Patrick's Day" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan is a one-act comic play set in Ireland. It revolves around the antics of a scheming lieutenant who manipulates situations for his benefit. The plot unfolds as the lieutenant cleverly engineers misunderstandings and rivalries, ultimately orchestrating a humorous confrontation. Sheridan's witty dialogue and situational humor highlight human nature's folly, making it a delightful exploration of intrigue and comedic entanglements in a St. Patrick's Day backdrop.

Author

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) wrote the great English comedies of manners after Goldsmith — The Rivals, The School for Scandal — and managed Drury Lane as if theatre were politics by other means. Wit, gossip, and the duel of reputations: Sheridan made the drawing room a battlefield. His plays still teach how scandal sounds when it is funny.

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