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The Critic
Jeffrey Hatcher
The Critic
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Highlights
Synopsis
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In the summer of 1779, a Franco-Spanish invasion seemed imminent and patriotic fervour superseded party divisions and personal animosities.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.
Publication
Publisher New Mermaid
Year 1989
Binding Paperback
Pages 112
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780713631883
ISBN-10 0713631880
eISBN-13 9781408144992
LCCN 89051856
LCC PR3682.C71999
DCC 822/.6
The Critic is a British play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by New Mermaid in London (1989).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Google Play (eISBN 9781408144992).
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