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Engaged : An Entirely Original Farcical Comedy in Three Acts
Overview
Engaged, W.S. Gilbert's most popular stage work after the comic operas he produced in collaboration with Arthur Sullivan, is a farcical comedy that has long lived in the literary shadows - although wildly neglected today, the play influenced literary names as great as George Bernard Shaw, and directly inspired Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.
Centring on a rich young man's search for a wife and his uncle and best friend's attempts to hinder him, the play toys with conventional notions of love and sincerity. In this edition, which also contains notes and an essay by the undisputed authority on W.S. Gilbert, Andrew Crowther, Engaged deserves to step out into the spotlight once more.
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- ISBN-13: 9781913724429
- ISBN-10: 1913724425
- Publisher: Renard Press Ltd
- Publish Date: August 2021
- Dimensions: 7.81 x 5.06 x 0.31 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
- Page Count: 130
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