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''[[The Critic, or A Tragedy Rehearsed]]'' is a satire by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan].

Most often referred to simply as ''[[The Critic]]''

==The original text==

It was first staged at Drury Lane Theatre in 1779. It is a burlesque on stage acting and play production conventions, and Sheridan considered the first act to be his finest piece of writing.

The play contains scenes from a fictional play by the character "Puff", called ''The Spanish Armada'', itself later satirized in plays such as Burnand's [[burlesque]] ''[[Elizabeth, or The Invisible Armada]]'' (1870).

Published in ''Sheridan's plays'', introduction and notes by Lewis Gibbs. Dent, 1906.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1954: Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for the [[UCT Dramatic Society]] and [[Children's Theatre]] at the [[Little Theatre]], April 1954. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]]. In the cast: [[Jenny Gratus]], [[Peter Boyce]].

==Translations and adaptations==

== Sources ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Critic_(play)

[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 119.

[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972.

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 It was first staged at Drury Lane Theatre in 1779. It is a burlesque on stage acting and play production conventions, and Sheridan considered the first act to be his finest piece of writing.
-The play contains scenes from a fictional play by the character "Puff",  called ''The Spanish Armada'', itself later satirized  in plays such as Burnand's  [[burlesque]] ''[[Elizabeth, or The Invisible Armada]]'' (1870).
+The play contains scenes from a fictional play by the character "Puff",  called ''The Spanish Armada'', itself inspiring plays such as Burnand's  [[burlesque]] ''[[Elizabeth, or The Invisible Armada]]'' (1870).
 Published in ''Sheridan's plays'', introduction and notes by Lewis Gibbs. Dent, 1906.

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 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972.
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 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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