Richard Brinsley Sheridan

This play includes an introduction and text with a modern approach and detailed commentary notes. There is also a lively and comprehensively researched account of the play's historical social and theatrical content.

Contains: [Romeo and Juliet]( Julius Caesar King Richard the Third Merchant of Venice The School for Scandal King Lear

'The Critic: or, a Tragedy Rehearsed' is a political and literary satire, following in the vein of George Villiers' 'The Rehearsal' (1671), which takes jovial aim at the vanities of authors and politicians and at the foibles of the theatre itself. It was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (which Sheridan owned and managed) in 1779. The play is Sheridan's response to the threat of a Franco-Spanish invasion in the summer of 1779.

Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

Three (anti)sentimental comedies by a noted eighteenth century dramatist.

"Examines the life of Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro, including his early explorations in the Americas, his conquest of Peru and the Inca Empire, and his death and legacy"--Provided by publisher.