She Stoops to Conquer (The New Mermaids)

Oliver; Davis Tom [Editor] Goldsmith

ISBN 10: 0393900460 / ISBN 13: 9780393900460

Published by W.W. Norton & Company January 1989, 1989

About this Item

0393900460 Name inside cover, minor crease to cover, else tight and clean.

Seller Inventory # 143961

Bibliographic Details

• Title: She Stoops to Conquer (The New Mermaids)
• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company January 1989
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393900460
• ISBN 13: 9780393900460
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • 59-THEATER DRAMA PLAYS

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Synopsis

This charming comedy has delighted audiences for over two centuries. First performed in 1773, it concerns Kate Hardcastle, a young lady who poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. A number of delightful deceits and hilarious turns of plot must be played out before the mating strategies of both Kate Hardcastle and her friend Constance Neville conclude happily. Along the way, there is an abundance of merry mix-ups, racy dialogue and sly satire of the sentimental comedies of Goldsmith's day. The extraordinary humor and humanity with which Goldsmith invested this play have made it one of the most read, performed, and studied of all English comedies.

About the Author

The plays of Aurand Harris have been produced and applauded in thousands of productions around the world for nearly a half century. Harris was a prodigious dramatist, writing a new published play each season. He was a tireless experimenter of forms, themes, subjects. This modest man of irrepressible imagination and energy carried a vast array of honors and accolades. He was the first recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in Children's Theatre. He received an honorary doctorate from a mid-western university, and was introduced into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre. He was the first playwright to receive the Medallion of the Children's Theatre Foundation of America.