"The School for Scandal" is a comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan from the 18th century. It satirizes gossip and hypocrisy in English high society, following the intrigues of a group of scandalmongers and their impact on a marriage and family relations. It is worth listening to for its witty dialogue and sharp portrayal of human weaknesses.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL A COMEDY A PORTRAIT1 BY R. B. SHERIDAN, ESQ. TRANSCRIBER'S COMMENTS ON THE PREPARATION OF THIS E-TEXT: SQUARE BRACKETS: 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 The text of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL in this edition is taken, by Mr. Fraser Rae's generous permission, from his SHERIDAN'S PLAYS NOW PRINTED AS HE WROTE THEM. In his Prefatory Notes (xxxvii), Mr. Rae writes: "The manuscript of it [THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL] in Sheridan's own handwriting is preserved at Frampton Court and is now printed in this volume. This version differs in many respects from that which is generally known, and I think it is even better than that which has hitherto been read
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