Plays from this century include one about the gossip-mongerer Lady Sneerwell, and one in which Kate Hardcastle is mistaken for a barmaid; those plays are  The School for Scandal  and  She Stoops to Conquer .
An essay argues that the "artificial comedy" of this century occurs in a "utopia of gallantry" unrelated to morality. A work from this century's first year contains a "proviso scene" in which Millamant and Mirabell discuss the terms of their marriage. In a play from this century, Sir Oliver, disguised as a moneylender, is pleased that his nephew refuses to sell his portrait. David Garrick speaks the prologue of a play from this century whose plot is set off by a (*)  prank played at the Three Pigeons alehouse by Tony Lumpkin. Plays from this century include one about the gossip-mongerer Lady Sneerwell, and one in which Kate Hardcastle is mistaken for a barmaid; those plays are  The School for Scandal  and  She Stoops to Conquer . For 10 points, name this century when Oliver Goldsmith and Richard Sheridan wrote plays.
An essay argues that the "artificial comedy" of this century occurs in a "utopia of gallantry" unrelated to morality.
18th  century [or  1700 s; prompt on "the  last  century"] [The first two works are "On the Artificial Comedy of the Last Century" by Charles Lamb and  The Way of the World  by William Congreve.]