The Contrast written in 1787 by Royall Tyler is an American play in the tradition of the English Restoration comedies of the seventeenth century; it takes its cue from Sheridan’s The School for Scandal a British comedy of manners that had revived that tradition a decade before. Royall uses the form to satirize Americans who follow British fashions and indulge in ‘British vices’.
author
Royall Tyler
character in play
Servants, Charlotte, Jenny, Jonathan, Colonel Henry Manly, Jessamy, Letitia, Maria Van Rough, Mr. Billy Dimple, Van Rough
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