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School For Scandal
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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CHANGES TO THE TEXT: 

Character names have been expanded.  For Example, SIR BENJAMIN was
SIR BEN. 

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL 

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 and acted.
As I have endeavoured to reproduce the works of Sheridan as he
wrote them, I may be told that he was a bad hand at punctuating
and very bad at spelling.  .  .  .  But Sheridan's shortcomings as a

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