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In this delightful stage play set in Regency England, a woman masquerades as her own (fictional) niece in order to teach a neglectful suitor a lesson—but finds her situation becoming more and more complicated as inquisitive neighbors grow insistently curious for a sight of the imaginary young lady!
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In this classic 18th-century satire, a comedy of mixed identities results when Captain Jack Absolute's father announces that he wants to arrange a marriage for him...with the very same girl Jack has been secretly courting under an assumed name. The most hilarious scene-stealing character is Mrs. Malaprop, whose constant misuse of words led to the coining of the term "malapropism" after her name!
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This volume includes five delightful, witty early plays—three one-act plays, including "Wurzel-Flummery," in which a rich man's bequest comes with an eccentric condition; and two three-act plays, including "The Lucky One," which contains the most real drama out of the lot. (Don't miss Milne's introduction, which is just as entertaining as the plays themselves.)
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Time out from our usual schedule for a Wild Card Wednesday special feature! Looking to load the Bard's complete works on your e-reader? Project Gutenberg has a complete-works file (note: it will probably take a long time to download!), and if you're willing to spend $1.99, the edition from Amazon that I've linked to is well worth it. I have this version myself and have found the formatting clean and the navigation easy.
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LADY BRACKNELL: To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
Jack Worthing has invented a fictional brother named Ernest, whose identity he adopts in town in order to live a double life, but comic chaos ensues when his friend Algernon decides to impersonate "Ernest" in order to meet Jack's young ward Cecily. Certainly one of the funniest plays ever written!
