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Loading... The Critic (1779)by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The Critic was Sheridan's response to a very specific political and theatrical situation. In the summer of 1779, a Franco-Spanish invasion seemed imminent and patriotic fervour superseded party divisions and personal animosities. The Critic satirises the panic of the summer in the form of the comically misconceived tragedy 'The Spanish Armada' that is in rehearsal in the second and third acts, but The Critic ends with genuine patriotic feeling. This edition traces both the political and the theatrical objects of Sheridan's satire and discusses its reliance (and improvement) on earlier meta-theatrical burlesques like The Duke of Buckingham's Restoration romp The Rehearsal. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)822.6Literature English English drama Later 18th century 1745-1800LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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