Enduringly popular less for its plots than for its verbal brillianceand wit; The School for Scandal (1777) was the most frequentlyperformed play of its time. Sir Peter Teazle has made the perennialmistake of elderly bachelors in English comedy and married a muchyounger wife in the hope that she will be too innocent to cross him. Infact; Lady Teazle spends her time with Lady Sneerwell and the worst setof scandalmongers in town; who have a beady eye on Charles Surface; thereckless young libertine; in expectation of seeing him ruined. Charles;however; turns out to possess the sterling virtues of generosity andloyalty to friends and family; and it is his hypocritical brotherJoseph who ends up the villain of the piece. This edition discussesSheridans earlier drafts for the play and sets it into its theatricalcontext of anti-sentimentalism and its social context of the LondonHigh Society in which Sheridan had begun to move.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Former Roosevelt Hotel employeeBy CustomerMy wife and I met at the Roosevelt Hotel in the 1980s when we both worked there. We had our wedding reception at the Roosevelt and have since moved to Minneapolis. Occasionally; we would have guests at the hotel that would mention a murder but didnt really know many details. The book was a well written; detailed account of the murder and trial. It was also a good representation of life in that era. I have probably been in that room more than once so I had no trouble visualizing the setting. Thanks for a well researched and written book.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Evocative of the times ...By CustomerA nice addition to the "true crime" genre; Fannon-Langton gives us a "just the facts" treatment of a lurid murder that captured and held the attention of a a small Midwestern city for nearly two years. A jealous husband; a comely wife; a suicide; a flight to a neighboring state--the story has it all. Fannon-Langton; a writer for the Cedar Rapids Gazette; plumbed the riches of the newspapers morgue; an intact resource from the day when newspapers considered their archives as a must-have resource. Loaded with pictures and evocative of the times (1948-1951); the book is a captivating and easy read. No. 1 on the local bestseller list; the volume comes in at one hundred twenty-four pages and contains forty-four photos.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Dont Miss This One!By Tricia AndersenI dont normally read non-fiction; but I am so glad I read this one. It pulled me in from the beginning and took me on a roller coaster ride from there on. Highly recommend it!!
