The Critic - Softcover

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1420927175 ISBN 13: 9781420927177

Publisher: Digireads.Com, 2006

Synopsis

In "The Critic" Richard Brinsley Sheridan turns his attention to satirize the Theatre and all the people engaged in the business of the Theatre in late 18th century England. The critic of the story is a man by the name of Mr. Dangle and the play that is the subject of criticism is a horribly written production named "The Spanish Armada". Fans of Sheridan will delight in this lesser known work.

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Review:

(in full The Critic, or a Tragedy Rehearsed) Burlesque drama in three acts by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, produced in 1779 and published in 1781. A delightful satire on stage conventions, The Critic has always been thought much funnier than its model, The Rehearsal (1671) by George Villiers. It is the story of Puff, a literary public-relations man who has written a preposterous historical melodrama that embodies all the worst features of conventional verse dramas--among them bloated emotions, contrived plots, and absurd madness scenes. The critics of the title include the empty and pretentious poet Sir Fretful Plagiary and the petty, malicious critics Sneer and Dangle. -- The Merriam-Webster Encylopedia of Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: Digireads.Com
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1420927175
• ISBN 13: 9781420927177
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80