BY R. B. SHERIDAN, ESQ.
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 SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
PROLOGUE WRITTEN BY MR. GARRICK
ACT I
SCENE I.—LADY SNEERWELL'S House
SCENE II.—SIR PETER'S House
ACT II
SCENE I.—SIR PETER and LADY TEAZLE
SCENE II.—At LADY SNEERWELL'S
SCENE III.—At SIR PETER'S
ACT III
SCENE I.—At SIR PETER'S
SCENE II.—At CHARLES's House
SCENE III.—CHARLES, CARELESS, etc., etc.
ACT IV
SCENE I.—A Picture Room in CHARLES SURFACE'S House
SCENE II.—The Parlour
SCENE III.—A Library
ACT V
SCENE I.—The Library
SCENE II.—At SIR PETER'S House
SCENE THE LAST.—The Library
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