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She Stoops to Conquer
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Written by Oliver Goldsmith
Characters Tony Lumpkin
Charles Marlow
Mrs. Hardcastle
Kate Hardcastle, etc.
Date of premiere 15 March 1773
Place of premiere Covent Garden Theatre
London, England
Original language English
Genre Comedy
Setting English countryside in the 18th century

She Stoops to Conquer is a play by Oliver Goldsmith. It is a comedy. It opened on 15 March 1773 in London, England at Covent Garden Theatre. It was a great success. Like The School for Scandal and The Importance of Being Earnest, She Stoops to Conquer is a staple of classic English theatre.

The play displays the comical elements in every Englishman, especially of those who are hardly aware of their humour.

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  • Kyrle Bellew and Eleanor Robson in She Stoops to Conquer

    1905: Kyrle Bellew and Eleanor Robson in a scene from She Stoops to Conquer.

  • "She Stoops to Conquer J.Mills and T.Courtenay Front"

    1971: Juliet Mills and Tom Courtenay in a BBC production of the play.

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