The Critic
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The Critic

Highlights

British

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In the summer of 1779, a Franco-Spanish invasion seemed imminent and patriotic fervour superseded party divisions and personal animosities.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.

Themes

Publication

Publisher
New Mermaid
Year Published
1989
ISBN 10
0713631880
ISBN 13
9780713631883
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
112 pages
Place Published
London
Language
English
LCCN
89051856
LCC
PR3682.C71999
DCC
822/.6
eISBN 13
9781408144992
Print
The Critic is a British play written by and published by New Mermaid in London, 1989. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780713631883 and an ISBN-10 of 0713631880.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle Google Play with an ISBN-13 of 9781408144992.

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