Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:She Stoops To Conquer (1773) By: Oliver Goldsmith: She Stoops To Conquer Is A Comedy By The Anglo-Irish Author Oliver Goldsmith, First Performed In LISBN13:9781720399155ISBN10:1720399158Author:Goldsmith, Oliver (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - She Stoops To Conquer Is A Comedy By The Anglo-Irish 1] Author Oliver Goldsmith, First Performed In London In 1773 The Play Is A Favourite For Study By English Literature And Theatre Classes In The English-Speaking World It Is One Of The Few Plays From The 18Th Century To Have Retained Its Appeal And Is Regularly Performed The Play Has Been Adapted Into A Film Several Times, Including In 1914 And 1923 Initially The Play Was Titled Mistakes Of A Night And The Events Within The Play Take Place In One Long Night In 1778 John O'keeffe Wrote A Loose Sequel, Tony Lumpkin In Town Plot Wealthy Countryman Mr Hardcastle Arranges For His Daughter Kate To Meet Charles Marlow, The Son Of A Rich Londoner, Hoping The Pair Will Marry Unfortunately, Marlow Prefers Lower-Class Women, Finding Them Less Intimidating Than Women Of High Society On His First Acquaintance With Kate, The Latter Realises She Will Have To Pretend To Be 'Common' To Get Marlow To Woo Her Thus Kate 'Stoops To Conquer', By Posing As A Maid, Hoping To Put Marlow At His Ease So He Falls For Her Marlow Sets Out For Mr Hardcastle's Manor With A Friend, George Hastings, An Admirer Of Miss Constance Neville, Another Young Lady Who Lives With The Hardcastles During The Journey The Two Men Get Lost And Stop At An Alehouse, The Three Jolly Pigeons, For Directions Tony Lumpkin, Kate's Step-Brother And Constance's Cousin, Comes Across The Two Strangers At The Alehouse And Realising Their Identity, Plays A Practical Joke By Telling Them That They Are A Long Way From Their Destination And Will Have To Stay Overnight At An Inn The Inn He Directs Them To Is In Fact The Home Of The Hardcastles When They Arrive, The Hardcastles, Who Have Been Expecting Them, Go Out Of Their Way To Make Them Welcome Marlow And Hastings, Believing Themselves In An Inn, Behave Extremely Disdainfully Towards Their Hosts Hardcastle Bears Their Unwitting Insults With Forbearance, Because Of His Friendship With Marlow's Father Kate Learns Of Her Suitor's Shyness From Constance And A Servant Tells Her About Tony's Trick She Decides To Masquerade As A Serving-Maid (Changing Her Accent And Garb) To Get To Know Him Marlow Falls In Love With Her And Plans To Elope But Because She Appears Of A Lower Class, Acts In A Somewhat Bawdy Manner Around Her All Misunderstandings Are Resolved By The End, Thanks To An Appearance By Sir Charles Marlow The Main Sub-Plot Concerns The Secret Romance Between Constance And Hastings Constance Needs Her Jewels, An Inheritance, Guarded By Tony's Mother, Mrs Hardcastle, Who Wants Constance To Marry Her Son, To Keep The Jewels In The Family Tony Despises The Thought Of Marrying Constance - He Prefers A Barmaid At The Alehouse - And So Agrees To Steal The Jewels From His Mother's Safekeeping For Constance, So She Can Elope To France With Hastings The Play Concludes With Kate's Plan Succeeding, She And Marlow Become Engaged Tony Discovers His Mother Has Lied About His Being Of Age And Thus Entitled To His Inheritance He Refuses To Marry Constance, Who Is Then Eligible To Receive Her Jewels And Become Engaged To Hastings, Which She Does Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 - 4 April 1774) Was An Irish Novelist, Playwright And Poet, Who Is Best Known For His Novel The Vicar Of Wakefield (1766), His Pastoral Poem The Deserted Village (1770), And His Plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) And She Stoops To Conquer (1771, First Performed In 1773) He Is Thought To Have Written The Classic Children's Tale The History Of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765) Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2018-05-27Weight:0.25 lbsDimensions:0.1'' H x 10'' L x 7.99'' WNumber of Pages:46Language:English
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Book Title: She Stoops to Conquer (1773). by: Oliver Goldsmith : She Stoops to Conquer Is a Comedy by the Anglo-Irish Author Oliver Goldsmith, First Performed in London In 1773
Number of Pages: 46 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: General
Item Height: 0.1 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 5.5 Oz
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
