she stoops to conquer by oliver goldsmith

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Add twenty to twenty, and make money of that. I’m not so old as you’d make me, by more than one good year. You may be a Darby, but I’ll be no Joan, I promise you. Hardcastle, you’re for ever at your Dorothys and your old wifes. I love everything that’s old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine and, I believe, Dorothy ( taking her hand), you’ll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife. Oddfish, the curate’s wife, and little Cripplegate, the lame dancing-master: And all our entertainment your old stories of Prince Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough. Here we live in an old rumbling mansion, that looks for all the world like an inn, but that we never see company. Ay, your times were fine times, indeed you have been telling us of them for many a long year. Its fopperies come down, not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket. In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach.

I wonder why London cannot keep its own fools at home. Ay, and bring back vanity and affectation to last them the whole year. Grigsby, go to take a month’s polishing every winter.

Is there a creature in the whole country, but ourselves, that does not take a trip to town now and then, to rub off the rust a little? There’s the two Miss Hoggs, and our neighbour, Mrs. SCENE- A Chamber in an old-fashioned House.Įnter MRS. Not to mention a whole crew of hilarious servants!This has been on e of the most popular plays in the English language since its debut in 1773, and it's easy to understand just why. Marlow sounds like the man of her dreams-rich, generous, well respected, young, and handsome-but he has one flaw that she can't abide: he gets tongue-tied and 'reserved' in the company of respectable ladies of his class.Along the way, Goldsmith delights us with the antics of Kate's half-brother, the oafish and prank-loving Tony Lumpkin (who turns out to be a lot smarter than he seems) and a second pair of lovers, Marlowe's friend Hastings and Constance Neville, Mrs. Hardcastle announces that the man he has chosen for Kate's husband is on his way to visit. To appease him, daughter Kate has agreed to wear a plain housedress in the evenings if he will allow her to wear the latest fashions during the day. Hardcastle loves the simple country life, but his wife and daughter long for London. The play features a cast of characters who, though flawed, are all likeable and human. Goldsmith's aim was to knock the popular sentimental comedy off the stage and replace it with what he called 'laughing comedy'-and he did it resoundingly with. Hardcastle), I believe this was written as a parody of the mistaken identities type of play that Shakespeare is so famous for.If you ever get the chance to listen to this, or see it performed, do so! It's one of the funniest plays I've come across. Many of the jokes wouldn't be very funny without hearing the interaction between the characters and without hearing the inflections of the words.The plot is fairly predictable however, because of its simplicity and some of the extremely ludicrous characters (like Mrs. I think that most plays are meant to be heard and/or seen, and I would definitely recommend staying away from the print and going straight to a performance or this audio version for She Stoops to Conquer. All of the characters are funny and loveable, and the talent of the performers is unmistakable, even without being able to see them act it out.I'm so glad that I had the chance to discover this play, and that I was able to do so in an audio format. She Stoops to Conquer is a typical comedy that centers around mistaken identities and misunderstood situations. The fact that this is recorded theatre gives it a huge advantage, since the performers give their lines with perfect emphasis and tone.

It's also only a couple of hours long (not a huge commitment at all), so I decided to give it a go.Um, why haven't I heard of this play before? Because it's hilarious! 20 minutes in, I was laughing non-stop and having a thoroughly good time.

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However, it was a free audiobook download from Sync this summer, and it was the recording of a theater production that included James Marsters (eek!). I mean, it's a supposed classic that I've never heard of, and drama isn't my particular favorite. *Review of LA Theatre Works Audiobook Edition*I went into this book with very little expectation.