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She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
This is an old chestnut written in 1773. It is a genial comedy of manners and it owes much of its continuing popularity to the combination of the sentimental and the satirical. The central character, Kate Hardcastle, uses great skill to expose the contemporary double standard of sexual morality and force the otherwise eligible Charles Marlow to come to terms with his own sexism. These characters are surrounded by foils, each with a prevailing character trait that allows the actors considerable scope for comic intervention. The play was produced to commemorate the Captain James Cook Bi-Centenary, and was said to be typical of the play Cook himself might have seen had he not been entertaining himself by discovering the east coast of Australia. It was produced by Frank McKone. She Stoops to Conquer Programme (pdf file, 158,136 bytes)
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