St. Patrick's Day; Or, The Scheming Lieutenant: A Farce in One Act by Sheridan

"St. Patrick's Day; Or, The Scheming Lieutenant: A Farce in One Act" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan is a play first performed in 1775. Lieutenant O'Connor loves Lauretta, but her jealous father Justice Credulous keeps them apart. With help from the sentimental Dr. Rosy, O'Connor devises elaborate disguises to outwit the obstinate Justice and win his beloved. Through mistaken identities and comic deceptions, the scheming lieutenant pursues his romantic goal in this lighthearted farce of love, trickery, and domestic chaos. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Title St. Patrick's Day; Or, The Scheming Lieutenant: A Farce in One Act
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Day_(play)
Credits Produced by Delphine Lettau, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Comedy plays
Subject English drama -- 18th century
Category Text
eBook-No. 6707
Release Date
Last Update Dec 29, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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