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Title The School for Scandal
Author Sheridan, Richard Brinsley  
Date 4 Jul 1815
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler, English Dramatist, Parliamentary orator, 1751-1818
Reference MO2546
Language English
Document Description Copy made for Fawcett when playing the part of Peter Teazle. This comedy begins with a wealthy young widow, Lady Sneerwell, and her employee Snake, discussing her various plots to spread scandal.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Actor Fawcett, Mr  
Keywords comedy  scandal  finance  Jewish  fortune  flirtation  poet  money-lender  women  joke  servant  wit  
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