Critical Quotes Flashcards
“Comedies with sentimental touches”
Left
“Faulkland is a satire of the sentimental hero”
Mudrick
“The Rivals starts where most plays end”
Stern
“The single moment of tragedy in the play is hers”
Tiffany Stern
“[Sir A and Mrs M] are both character
A.N.Kaul
The rivals begins where other plays end”
Stern
“Every obstacle…is internal rather than external”
Stern
“Built out of opposites”
Stern
“Audience never have to share the characters worries”
Stern
“The single moment of tragedy in the play is hers”
Stern
“The best sustained and most natural of any character”
Moore -Sir A
“Should be as odd a compound in external appearance”
Hazlitt - acres
“In delineating Faulklnd he took a discerning view of his own disposition”
Inchbald
“Faulkland is no doubt the most original character”
Inchbald
“Lydia is becoming… Increasingly absolute”
Stern
