– Dette er skuespillet Oliver Goldsmith er kjent for. Det var veldig populært i sin samtid, og har blitt gjentatt flere ganger med suksess. Meget populær var oppsetningen i New York i 1992; noe som noen av oss husker det ble referert til i den populære serien "Friends". Skuespillet er så absolutt en komedie, der hovedpersonen lures av sin kommende hustru... Hans dilemma er at kvinner fra hans egen klasse, skremmer ham, mens kvinner han ser på som lavere enn seg selv, er kvinner han kommuniserer med. Når hans kommende hustru ser dette, bestemmer hun seg for å utgi seg for å være en tjenestepike for å løse hans problem. Dette er så absolutt et stykke for feminister; men, etter populariteten å bedømme; er det også et stykke for allmennheten.
She Stoops to Conquer
«Oliver Goldsmith's comedy was a milestone: yes, it's fast and funny, almost farcical at times, a great night out, and so on, but it's also a psychological masterpiece written at the time when English society began its stately progress towards its admirable class system. Sunday Times "A bomproof comedy...Oliver Goldsmith's play is about the clash between town and country, between varying degrees of pretension." Robert Dawson Scott, The Times, 04.06.08 'Against Sean Crowley's elegant blank canvas of a set, which allows a home to be mistaken for an inn, Goldsmith's themes of class and snobbery unfold with delicious clarity. The performances are both ticklish and sophisticated - the actors step outside the action to address the audience directly - and yet played for traditional laughs and tremendous relish.' Elisabeth Mahoney, Gaurdian, 01 May 2009»
The action of She Stoops to Conquer (1773) is largely confined to a night and a day in Squire Hardcastle's somewhat dilapidated country house: Young Marlow, on his way there to meet the bride his father has chosen for him, loses his way and arrives at the house assuming it is an inn. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Methuen Drama
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 144
- ISBN
- 9780713667943
- Utgave
- 2. utg.
- Utgivelsesår
- 2003
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«Oliver Goldsmith's comedy was a milestone: yes, it's fast and funny, almost farcical at times, a great night out, and so on, but it's also a psychological masterpiece written at the time when English society began its stately progress towards its admirable class system. Sunday Times "A bomproof comedy...Oliver Goldsmith's play is about the clash between town and country, between varying degrees of pretension." Robert Dawson Scott, The Times, 04.06.08 'Against Sean Crowley's elegant blank canvas of a set, which allows a home to be mistaken for an inn, Goldsmith's themes of class and snobbery unfold with delicious clarity. The performances are both ticklish and sophisticated - the actors step outside the action to address the audience directly - and yet played for traditional laughs and tremendous relish.' Elisabeth Mahoney, Gaurdian, 01 May 2009»