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The dramatic works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1854 · Scanned text

234,862 words · about 16 h 27 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Language
English
Published
1854
Length
234,862 words · about 16 h 27 min
Sections
75 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain

 

Contents (75)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Preface under 1 min
  3. Contents about 6 h 11 min
  4. Prologue about 3 min
  5. Scene I. — A Street about 4 min
  6. Scene II. — A Dressing-room in Mes. Malapeop's Lodgings about 14 min
  7. ACT II. Scene I. — Captain Absolute's Lodgings about 25 min
  8. Act III about 11 min
  9. Scene III. — Mrs. Malapeop's Lodgings about 10 min
  10. Scene IV. — Acres' Lodgings. Acres, as just dressed, and David about 7 min
  11. Act IV. Sc. I.] The Kivals. 255 under 1 min
  12. Scene I. — Aches' Lodgings. Aches and David about 18 min
  13. Scene III. — The North Parade. Enter Sir Lucius 'Trigger about 5 min
  14. Act V. Sc. I. J The Rivals. 269 about 1 min
  15. Scene I. — Julia's Dressing-Room. Julia discovered alone about 11 min
  16. Scene II. — The South Parade. Enter Captain Absolute, putting his sword under his great about 4 min
  17. Scene III. — King's-Mead-Fields. Enter Sir Lucius O'Tiugger and Acres, with pistols about 13 min
  18. Epilogue about 2 min
  19. Act I about 14 min
  20. Act II. Sc. I.] The Scheming Lieutenant. 297 about 1 min
  21. Scene I. — A Street. Enter Serjeant Trounce, Drummer, and Soldiers about 4 min
  22. Scene II. — A Garden about 3 min
  23. Scene III.— A Walk. Enter Doctor Rosy about 11 min
  24. Scene I. — The Street before Don Jerome's House. Enter Lopez, with a dark lantern about 2 min
  25. Scene II. — A Piazza. Enter Don Ferdinand and Lopez about 5 min
  26. Scene III. — A Room in Don Jekome's House. Enter Donna Louisa and Duenna about 8 min
  27. Scene IV. — The Court before Don Jerome's House. Enter Don Jerome and Donna Louisa under 1 min
  28. Scene V. — The Piazza. Enter Donna Clara and Maid about 8 min
  29. Scene I. — A Library in Don Jerome's House. Enter Don Jerome and Isaac about 3 min
  30. Scene II. — Donna Louisa's Dressing Boom. Enter Isaac and Maid about 7 min
  31. Scene III. — A Library in Don Jerome's House. Don Jerome and Don Ferdinand discovered about 6 min
  32. Scene IV. — Isaac's Lodgings. Enter Donna Louisa about 7 min
  33. Scene I. — A Library in Don Jerome's House. Enter Don Jerome and Servant about 3 min
  34. Scene II. — The New Piazza. Enter Don Ferdinand and Lopez about 5 min
  35. Scene III. — The Garden of the Convent Enter Donna Louisa and Donna Claea about 5 min
  36. Scene IV. — A Court before the Priory about 1 min
  37. Scene V. — A Room in the Priory. .Father Paul, Father Francis, Father Augustine, and about 2 min
  38. Scene VI. — The Court before the Priory. Enter Isaac and Don Antonio about 5 min
  39. Scene VII. — A Grand Saloon in Don Jerome's House. Enter Don Jerome, Lopez, and Servants about 14 min
  40. Scene I. — Lady Sneeewell's Dressing-room about 21 min
  41. Act II about 5 min
  42. Scene II. — A Room in Lady Sneerwell's House about 11 min
  43. Scene III. — A Room in Sir Peter Teazle's House. Enter Sir Oliver Surface and Rowley about 4 min
  44. Act III about 26 min
  45. Scene I. — A Picture Room in Charles Surface's House about 8 min
  46. Scene II. — Another room in the same. Enter Sir Oliver Surface and Moses about 1 min
  47. Scene III. — A Library in Joseph Surface's House. Enter Joseph Surface and Servant about 20 min
  48. Scene I. — The Library in Joseph Surface's House. Enter Joseph Surface and Servant about 6 min
  49. Scene II. — A Room in Sir Peter Teazle's House. Enter Mrs. Candour and Maid about 27 min
  50. ACT I. Scene I. — A Boom in Dangles House about 33 min
  51. ACT II. Scene I. — The Theatre, before the Curtain about 21 min
  52. Act III about 15 min
  53. ACT I. Scene I. — The Sail of an Inn about 15 min
  54. Act II. Sc. I. J A Teip To Scabbobough. 491 about 16 min
  55. ACT III. Scene I. — Lord Foppington's Lodgings about 12 min
  56. Scene III. — Outside of Sir Tunbelly Clumsy's House. Enter Tom Fashion and Lory about 4 min
  57. Scene IV. — A Room in Sir Tunbelly Clttmsy's House. Miss Hoyden discovered alone. • under 1 min
  58. ACT IV. SC. I.] A TKIP TO SCARBOROUGH. 505 Enter Nurse about 1 min
  59. Scene I. — A Room in Sir Tunbelly Cltjhsy's House. Enter Miss Hoyden and Nurse about 7 min
  60. SCENE II. — Amanda's Dressing-room. Enter Amanda, followed by her Maid about 3 min
  61. SCENE III. — Bekinthia's Dressing-room about 3 min
  62. Act V. Sc. I.] A Teip To Scarborough. 511 about 1 min
  63. Scene I. — The Garden behind Loveless's Lodgings. Enter Loveless about 21 min
  64. Dedication about 2 min
  65. ACT I. Scene I. — A Pavilion near Pizarro's Tent about 16 min
  66. Act II about 5 min
  67. Scene II. — The Temple of the Sun about 3 min
  68. Scene III. — A Wood between the Temple and the Camp. Enter Eolla and Alonzo about 1 min
  69. Scene IV. — The Peruvian Camp. Enter an Old Blind Man and a Boy about 7 min
  70. Scene I. — A wild Retreat among stupendous rocks about 6 min
  71. Scene III. — Pizarro's Tent about 12 min
  72. SCENE I.— A Dungeon about 10 min
  73. Scene II. — Pizarro's Tent about 17 min
  74. Scene III. — Ataliba's Tent. Enter Ataliba, followed by Cora and Alonzo about 1 min
  75. Scene IV. — A Eecess among the Rocks. Enter Pizarro, Almagro, Yalverde, and Spanish Soldiers about 10 min

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Front matter

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Preface

The Memoir prefixed to the present edition of Sheridan's Dramatic Works contains the most striking circumstances that marked the eventful life of the author. These are necessarily condensed, and such only recorded as are based upon unimpeachable testimony; the numerous apocryphal anecdotes which have found their way into circulation having been intentionally rejected. The object of the editor has been to place before the public, in a single volume, both the Memoirs and the Plays in as authentic a form as existing materials permit. The difficulties attendant upon such a task may be gathered from the facts hereinafter narrated.

G. G. S.

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