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The Contrast, written in 1787 by Royall Tyler, is an American play in the tradition of the English Restoration comedies of the seventeenth century; it takes its cue from Sheridan's The School for Scandal, a British comedy of manners that had revived that tradition a decade before.
- 1787
- New York City
- Comedy
- Royall Tyler
…on stage until Royall Tyler’s The Contrast (1787), the first American comedy. Tyler’s play introduced a favourite theme of early American drama: the triumph of native honesty and worth over foreign sham and affectation.
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- Act II.
- Act III.
- Act IV.
Scene I. An Apartment at Charlotte's. Charlotte and Letitiadiscovered. Letitia.And so, Charlotte, you really think the pocket-hoopunbecoming. Charlotte. No, I don't say so: It may be very becoming tosaunter round the house of a rainy day; to visit my grand-mamma,or to go to Quakers' meeting: but to swim in a minuet,with the eyes of fifty well-dress...
SceneI. Enter Charlotte and Letitia. Charlotte [at entering]. Betty, take those things out of the carriage and carry themto my chamber; see that you don't tumble them. My dear, Iprotest, I think it was the homeliest of the whole. I declare Iwas almost tempted to return and change it. Letitia.Why would you take it? Charlotte. [Didn't Mrs. Catgut say...
Scene I. Dimple'sRoom. Dimple [discovered at a toilet, reading]. "Women have in general but one object, which is their beauty."Very true, my lord; positively very true. "Nature has hardlyformed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery uponher person." Extremely just, my lord; every day's delightfulexperience confirms this. "If her face is s...
Scene. I. Charlotte'sApartment. Charlotte leading in Maria. Charlotte.This is so kind, my sweet friend, to come to see meat this moment. I declare, if I were going to be married in a fewdays, as you are, I should scarce have found time to visit myfriends. Maria.Do you think, then, that there is an impropriety in it?—Howshould you dispose of your ti...
21 de jun. de 2018 · Summary. The plot is comedic, focuses on marriage, and is set in New York City. At the center is Maria Van Rough, who is settled to marry Billy Dimple by an agreement between the two fathers who were business partners prior to Dimple’s father’s death.
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The Contrast - a play written by Royall Tyler
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Royall Tyler, the author of the ‘Contrast,’ was born at Boston, Mass., July 18, 1758, and belonged to one of the wealthiest and most influential families of New England. He received his early education at the Latin School, in his native city, graduated at Harvard, and during the Revolutionary War, and afterward in Shay’s Rebellion, acted ...
