THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
A COMEDY
A PORTRAIT[1]
BY R. B. SHERIDAN, ESQ.
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The square brackets, i.e. [ ] are copied from the printed book, without change, except that a closing bracket ">[" has been added to the stage directions.
FOOTNOTES:
For this E-Text version of the book, the footnotes have been consolidated at the end of the play.
Numbering of the footnotes has been changed, and each footnote is given a unique identity in the form [X].
CHANGES TO THE TEXT:
Character names have been expanded. For Example, SIR BENJAMIN was SIR BEN.
CONTENTS
[ THE TEXT OF THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL ]
[ PROLOGUE WRITTEN BY MR. GARRICK ]
[ SCENE I.—LADY SNEERWELL'S House ]
[ SCENE II.—SIR PETER'S House ]
[ SCENE I.—SIR PETER and LADY TEAZLE ]
[ SCENE II.—At LADY SNEERWELL'S ]
[ SCENE II.—At CHARLES's House ]
[ SCENE III.—CHARLES, CARELESS, etc., etc. ]
[ SCENE I.—A Picture Room in CHARLES SURFACE'S House ]
[ SCENE II.—At SIR PETER'S House ]
[ SCENE THE LAST.—The Library ]