(Ebe Kinsman! Literature Emit s THE SCHO O L FOR SCANDAL RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN COLLATED AND EDITED BY HANSON HART WEBSTER BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO HOUGHTQN M IFFLIN COMPANY ‘ fibe mihet gibe p ress (t ambribgz ’ ') 6 EDITOR S PREFACE f \ \ itin this c med ha e re rint ed wit l IN ed g o y, I v p , h s ight a re iations the b io ra hical s et ch OfSheridan writt n bb v , g p k e b y P . D . fe s r ose h u inc d ams Jr . h of rn ll Pro s o J p Q y A , , , C o e Uni i f r his e ition of he ivals ublishe in vers ty, o d T R , p d the Riv F r l erside Literature Series in 19 10 . or seve a pages in the cou nt Of En lish Sentiment al C om ed am indeb t ed t o ac g y, I r T ma H Dickinson Of the ni ersit f i Professo ho s . U v y O W s ’ in The assa es fr m M r alter Sieb el s ritin r . W w s a e c ons p g o . g b s ec ial rr n m n i im The not are qu oted y p a a ge e t w th h . es the result of my own research except where specific ao l m n r m am in eb ted es eciall t o the know edg e ts a e ade . I d p y work of Professor Brand er M atthews of C olu mb ia Univer i Professor eor e Henr ettleton Of ale ni rsit s ty, G g y N Y U ve y , l in i n an M r . a S . Brown arli r r . Geor e . t e d C e e M g A A k v , T M r . T m editors Of the Dramas of Sheridan . O ho as G . in f rm rl n tru ct r in En lish in the M assac u Goodw , o e y I s o g h tts nstitu te Of Technolo wish to e ress m than s se I gy , I xp y k man h l ful su estions for a nal e amination Of for y e p gg , fi x the complete manuscript and for assistance in reading the proof. The text here printed follows the version adopted b y ’ Thom as M oore for the edition OfSheridan s Drama tic Works li e b im in 2 1 This has e er since b een acce ted pub sh d y h 18 . v p a e niti e er i n t it es not a ear t o ha e b een as d fi v v s o , ye do pp v reprinted with complete exactness b y other editors who ’ r in have prepared the comedy for stu dents ead g . H. H EB TE . W S R. BOSTON , F ebru a ry 1 6 , 1 91 7. C O YR G HT BY HO G HT ON IF F IN O ANY P I , U M L C MP ALL R IG H TS R ES E R VED ! n . s 2 0 . L . 5 APRIS I9I7 as: Rams mz b u ss - - “mag m as , ma ssac u v ss r t e U S o A “t r ! 3LA4 5 7 9 8 5 CONTENTS I NTROD U CTION ’ HE EER I . S RIDAN S CAR Chief Produ ctions Of Sheridan the Drama tist E GLISH SE TIM ENTAL C OM ED F ROM CIB II . N N Y BER TO SHERIDAN THE EVOL TI N F THE SCHOOL F OR III . U O O ” SCANDAL NTEM P R R M M E IV. C O O A Y C O NT THE PLA AND IT HA A TER V. Y S C R C S xxxv ’ 1 Lamb s Criticism . xxxv ’ Haz litt s riti i m iii 2 . C c s xxxv ’ T ine riti i m 3 . a s C c s ’ i l ri i i 4 . S che s C t c sm THE SCHOOL F OR SCANDAL P RTRAIT : DDRESSED T M R A O A O S . CREWE PROLOGUE DRAMATIS PERSONZE M AY 8 1 77 , , 7 ACT I ACT II ACT III ACT IV ACT V EPILOGUE CONTENTS A PPENDI! ’ GOLDSMITH S ESSA ON THE THEATRE 17 2 Y , 7 REF ERENCES AND ILLUSTRATIVE READINGS I HARD BRINSLE SHERIDAN I . R C Y HISTOR AND CRITICISM OF THE ENGLISH DRAMA II . Y L ND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENT R III . O ON U Y IV THE TOWN AND COUNTRY M AGAZ INE INTRODUCTION SHERIDAN ’ S CAREER ’ IN Sheridan s progenit ors we find in ample measure those qu alities Of mind which m ade him illustrious in two r a la wri ht an as arlia separat e caree s s p y g d p ms grand . tam" n r n Hi ran father was the Re erend me ta ia . s g d v T i n D f Du blin well known to contem hom Sher a D . O as d , , , or ri f r i l rnin n it an still r ememb ere as p a es o h s ea g a d w , d d ' the intimate friend Of Dean Swift . The latt er fou nd the ’ d oct or s companionship so pleasant that for some years he reserved for him at the Deanery a room hospit ab ly named “ ” f r o t ma b e su mme Sheridan . His esteem o the d c or y d up by quoting the first line Of one Of his Latin verses : D e c ae Sher d a n m u saru m d u c s a m c e ! li i i , l i i ‘ ’ The la wr i ht s father Thomas Sheridan was li p y g , , kewise a man of reat m ent al i or and of su ch acti it g v g , v y as kept in li For se eral ear h him mu ch the pub c eye . v y s e His father was conspicu ou s as the reform m anager Of the Theatre Ro al in Dub lin lat er as an actor he Shared y ; , , with Garrick the a lau se Of London la oers and nall pp p yg ; , fi y, he distin u ished himse f as a fashionab le teacher Of orat or g l y, F m i and a reformer Of pronu nciat ion . or a ti e his instru ct on was the ra e amon ersons of ran an for u n M r Si t . g g p k d e . chel “ Ob ser es that for one Of his c ou rses in 1762 n less tha v , o n si teen hu ndred sub scrib ed at a u inea a iece an b u x g p , d o ght ‘ 1 his publications at half—a—gu inea in Both Ox ford and C amb ridge co nferred u pon him honorary degrees ; the au thorities of Edinb u r h u on his isit ther ot g , p v e, v ed him the freed om Of the cit and the Kin to fu rther hi y ; g, s lans of a reat ronou ncin dictio nar rante him a n p g p g y , g d pe 1 Wa ter S ch herid a I 244 e S n . l i l , , , v i INTRODUCTION 2 a a But his schem f f sion Of £ 00 ye r . es o re orming the i i n re Dr . Samu l n n S oken la ua e we u ot c . e oh s who p g g Q x J o , nce b een his friend O enl ridiculed his t eac in f had o , p y h g o n t his r ose icti nar orat or and s eered a o d d o . y , p p y TO his m other howe er more than t o his father Sheri , v , , in eb t e f r i u ali i f min he a the dan was d d o h s q t es O d . S w s d au hter Of a Dub lin rector the ren Phi i g , Reve d l p His mother D r n ham rlain D . man wi a st o er C b e e . a t , , h g p sonalit and a keen sens o f m lthou h her father y e hu or . A g forb ade that she b e t au ht the art Of writin at the a e Of g g, g fteen she b ecame the au thor Of a romance which after fi , , her d eath was ub lis an a a e When , p hed d dapted t o the st g . In 1746 the Kelly rioters wrecked the Theatre Royal in Du blin She ub lishe in r n r arm rai s Of , p d p ose a d ve se w p se the co nd uct of M n i mana er .