She Stoops to Conquer

Mar 31 2012, 2:00pm & Apr 15 2012, 2:00pm

Running Time: 3 hours (estimate) including host introduction and one 20 minute intermission (10 minutes of programming; 10 minutes of countdown clock)

By Oliver Goldsmith

To come to my house, to call for what he likes, toturn me out of my own chair, to insult the family, to order his servants to get drunk, and then to tell me, This house is mine, sir. By all thats impudent it makes me laugh.

Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pals son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, hes mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality hes a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastles indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastles appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.

This little barmaid though runs in my head most strangely, and drives out the absurdities of all therest of the family. Shes mine, she must be mine, or Im greatly mistaken.

One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.

$15 General / $13 Senior / $11 Student with $2 for Lincoln Members

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