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School for Scandal (International) assertion single work   drama   humour   - Five acts
This international work is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literary culture.
Issue Details: First known date: 1777... 1777 School for Scandal
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Notes

  • Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan's School for Scandal is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.

Production Details

  • First produced at Drury Lane Theatre, London, 8 May 1777.

  • Performed at the Prince of Wales Opera House, Sydney, February 1868.

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First known date: 1777
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Vivian Leigh's School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan , Michael Beh , 2013 single work drama humour

'In 1770 [sic], 'School for Scandal' was the hottest ticket on the London stage. Since then it has been called the best comedy ever written. 1948 Vivien Leigh and her husband, Sir Laurence Olivier, toured Australia with the Old Vic theatre from London. When they arrived in Brisbane they were welcomed at the airport with a pineapple. They later performed 'School for Scandal' at the glamorous His Majesty’s Theatre in Queen Street.

'heartBeast transports Richard Brinsley Sheridan's restoration comic masterpiece to the world of 1948 Brisbane, recapturing the essence of Vivien Leigh's actual performance. The only problem was that poor, beautiful Vivien, like the sailor's of old, was rumoured to have a different dalliance in every port. And her husband, knew all about it. This production relates the scandal of what was actually happening off stage with the ‘Scandal’ that was being enacted on it.' (Source : heartBeast website)
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Works about this Work

Prince of Wales Opera House 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 31 October no. 5287 1868; (p. 4)
— Review of School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan , 1777 single work drama

A review of the 30 October 1868 Royal Victoria Theatre production of Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan's School for Scandal starring William Hoskins and M. E. Aitken.

The reviewer notes that the production 'would not only have commanded a great house at Saddlers [sic] Wells, but would also have brought down torrents of applause from a discriminating London audience'.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Slasher and Crasher, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 30 October no. 5286 1868; (p. 3)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Maddison Morton's Slasher and Crasher and Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan's School for Scandal on 30 October 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House : The Winter's Tale, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 October no. 5284 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 29 October no. 5285 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of William Shakespearer's The Winter's Tale and John Baldwin Buckstone's An Alarming Sacrifice on 28 October 1868. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan's School for Scandal is scheduled for 30 October 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 2 March no. 5080 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of King Rene's Daughter 1845 single work drama ; School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan , 1777 single work drama ; A Morning Call Charles Dance , 1847 single work drama ; To Paris and Back for Five Pounds John Maddison Morton , 1853 single work drama ; Box and Cox John Maddison Morton , 1847 single work drama

A review of the 29 February 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Charles Dance's A Morning Call and John Maddison Morton's To Paris and Back for Five Pounds and Box and Cox.
Miss Aitken's Benefit, This Evening 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 February no. 5078 1868; (p. 2)

A column noting Miss Aitken's benefit performance comprising King Rene's Daughter, selected scenes from School for Scandal and G. H. Bell's poem 'Mary Queen of Scots' at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 28 February 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 2 March no. 5080 1868; (p. 2)
— Review of King Rene's Daughter 1845 single work drama ; School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan , 1777 single work drama ; A Morning Call Charles Dance , 1847 single work drama ; To Paris and Back for Five Pounds John Maddison Morton , 1853 single work drama ; Box and Cox John Maddison Morton , 1847 single work drama

A review of the 29 February 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Charles Dance's A Morning Call and John Maddison Morton's To Paris and Back for Five Pounds and Box and Cox.
Prince of Wales Opera House 1868 single work review
— Appears in: The Empire , 31 October no. 5287 1868; (p. 4)
— Review of School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan , 1777 single work drama

A review of the 30 October 1868 Royal Victoria Theatre production of Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan's School for Scandal starring William Hoskins and M. E. Aitken.

The reviewer notes that the production 'would not only have commanded a great house at Saddlers [sic] Wells, but would also have brought down torrents of applause from a discriminating London audience'.
Prince of Wales Opera House : King Rene's Daughter, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 February no. 5078 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of King Rene's Daughter and selections from School for Scandal on 28 February 1868.

The performances on this night mark the final appearance in Sydney of the 'Scottish Tragedienne' Miss Aitken; the evening is to conclude with Aitken's rendition of G. H. Bell's poem 'Mary Queen of Scots', 'illustrated by a living tablaeux'.
Miss Aitken's Benefit, This Evening 1868 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 February no. 5078 1868; (p. 2)

A column noting Miss Aitken's benefit performance comprising King Rene's Daughter, selected scenes from School for Scandal and G. H. Bell's poem 'Mary Queen of Scots' at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 28 February 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House : The Winter's Tale, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 October no. 5284 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 29 October no. 5285 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of William Shakespearer's The Winter's Tale and John Baldwin Buckstone's An Alarming Sacrifice on 28 October 1868. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan's School for Scandal is scheduled for 30 October 1868.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Slasher and Crasher, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 30 October no. 5286 1868; (p. 3)

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of John Maddison Morton's Slasher and Crasher and Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan's School for Scandal on 30 October 1868.
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