18 books like The school for scandal, 1780

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Moll Flanders Daniel Defoe · 1722 · ★ 3.5 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Demanding These are the true confessions of a remarkable and passionate young woman are thought to have been based on the adventures of a real prisoner in Newgate where Moll was born. ostensibly written as a warning to wrongdoers, the moral of Defoe's candid and cautionary tale is often lost in the sheer vitality of Moll - one of the supreme characters of English comic fiction. Her fortunes and… Shares: Drama, Social life and customs, History

Candida George Bernard Shaw · 1905 · ★ 3.7 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Challenging The Reverend James Mavor Morell, a respectable socialist clergyman, spends his days giving lectures and sermons while his wife, Candida, sees to his comfortable London home. That home is disrupted by the arrival of the poet Eugene Marchbanks, who is in love with Candida and determined to rescue her from what he sees as an unromantic life. Shaw wrote Candida as a reaction to Henrik Ibsen’s social… Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama, Social life and customs

The Admirable Crichton J. M. Barrie · 1900 · ★ 3.7 · 86p · ≈ 2h · Challenging The story of the play concerns an aristocratic English family who revert to the state of Nature when shipwrecked on a desert island. While there, they are willing slaves to their former butler, but on return to civilization, the positions are shifted. Shares: Comedy, British and irish drama, English drama, Drama

Measure for Measure William Shakespeare · 1700 · ★ 3.7 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Demanding This play examines the nature of mercy and justice, proposing that a good government is one that is flexible and based on common sense. Shares: Comedy, English drama, Drama, History

An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde · 1899 · ★ 4.4 · 116p · ≈ 3h · Challenging An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely… Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama

The Way of the World William Congreve · 1700 · ★ 3.3 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Demanding The Way of the World is a comedy play written by the English playwright William Congreve, first performed in 1700. It premiered in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It is widely regarded by critics as one of the finest works of Restoration comedy ever written, and has often been called a centrepiece of the genre. Initially, however, the play struck many audience members as continuing… Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama, Social life and customs

The Tragedy of Jane Shore Nicholas Rowe · 1714 · 60p · ≈ 2h · Demanding This tragedy in five acts was originally performed in the early eighteenth century. The play focuses on one of King Henry IV’s most notorious mistresses, Jane Shore. Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama, History

Love for Love William Congreve · 1695 · ★ 3.3 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Valentine, Sir Sampson's dissolute eldest son, finds himself at a standstill; the only way out of his financial difficulties is to give in to his father's pressure to renounce his right of inheritance. While this suggestion immediately increases the chances of his bluff younger brother Ben on the marriage mart, Valentine's own chances with his beloved Angelica would proportionally decrease. To… Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama

What every woman knows J. M. Barrie · 1918 · ★ 3.5 National Theatre, direction: A.L. Erlanger & W.H. Rapley, business management: S.E. Cochran. S.E. Cochran offers the National Theatre Players in "What Every Woman Knows," by Sir James M. Barrie, staged by Addision Pitt, scenery by Charles Squires. Stage manager Frank Peck, production built by Charles Sturbitts, properties Geo. Donaldson, electrician, Walter Burke. Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama

Henry IV, Part 1 William Shakespeare · 1598 · ★ 3.8 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities. Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama, History

All for Love; or, The World Well Lost John Dryden · 1678 · ★ 5.0 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Written in 1677, Dryden's heroic drama 'All For Love, or, The World Well Lost' is his best-known and most performed play. It is a tragedy written in blank verse and is an attempt on Dryden's part to reinvigorate serious drama. It is an acknowledged imitation of Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra', and focuses on the last hours of the lives of its hero and heroine. Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama, History

Back to Methuselah George Bernard Shaw · 1921 · ★ 3.8 · 283p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Five linked plays that expound Shaw's philosophy of creative evolution in an extended dramatic parable that progresses through time from the Garden of Edesn to AD 31,920. Cf Encyclopaedia Britannica. Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama

Roaring Girl Thomas Middleton · 1998 · ★ 2.5 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This Jacobean city comedy is a curiosity in that it presents a real-life character, the notorious cross-dresser Moll Frith, who probably was among the first audiences of 'her' play before she was taken up for public misconduct. Middleton and Dekker's 'roaring girl' may outrage her society with her pipe, bluster and swagger, but she turns out to be the moral centre of the play. Her code of honour… Shares: British and irish drama, Drama, Social life and customs

The Alchemist, 1612 Ben Jonson · 1612 · ★ 3.4 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Demanding Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of Ben Jonson's _The Alchemist_ that it had one out of the three most perfect plots in literature. This play, with its sharp portrayal of human folly, is considered by many to be Jonson's best comedy. First performed 1610, its popularity has endured to this day. Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama

Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw · 1909 · ★ 3.7 · 136p · ≈ 4h · Challenging This is a play with the theme of societal salvation and salvation of the human soul brought out in characters representing the rich versus the poor. Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama

The Two Noble Kinsmen John Fletcher · 1634 · ★ 3.4 · 103p · ≈ 3h · Demanding When Theseus, Duke of Athens, learns that the ruler of Thebes has killed three noble kings he swears to take revenge. But after Athens triumphs over the rival city, Theseus is struck by the bravery of two Theban cousins and orders his surgeons to attend to them. Soon, the cousins' lifelong friendship is threatened, as both become overwhelmed with love for the duke's beautiful sister. Shares: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama, History

As You Like It William Shakespeare · 1734 · ★ 3.8 · 82p · ≈ 2h · Demanding This play has two principal settings: the court that Frederick has usurped from his brother, the rightful Duke, and the Forest of Arden, where the Duke and his followers (including the disgruntled Lord Jaques and the jester Touchstone) are living. Shares: Comedy, English drama, Drama, History

The comedy of errors Robert S. Miola · 1997 · 592p · ≈ 19h · Moderate This collection of essays and reviews represents the most significant and comprehensive writing on Shakespeare's AComedy of Errors. Miola's edited work also features a comprehensive critical history, coupled with a full bibliography and photographs of major productions of the play from around the world. In the collection, there are five previously unpublished essays. The topics covered in these… Shares: Comedy, Drama

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