Â One character reminisces about his war memories fighting under the Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy, though those remembrances are interrupted by requests for punch and for supper; that character is put off by the manner of his guests, who, unbeknownst to him, believe that they are at an inn and not at their destination.
One conversation in this play relates how a daughter dresses differently during the day and during the evening so as to please her friends and then her father; that father criticizes her for the amount of "superfluous silk" that she wears. Â Their dialogue shifts to discuss the daughter's potential husband, and she insists that reserved men rarely make good husbands. Â One character reminisces about his war memories fighting under the Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy, though those remembrances are interrupted by requests for punch and for supper; that character is put off by the manner of his guests, who, unbeknownst to him, believe that they are at an inn and not at their destination. Â However, Tony Lumpkin's prank does not stop the courtship of Marlow and Kate Hardcastle. Â For 10 points, name this comic play by Oliver Goldsmith.
One conversation in this play relates how a daughter dresses differently during the day and during the evening so as to please her friends and then her father; that father criticizes her for the amount of "superfluous silk" that she wears.
She Stoops to Conquer