In one play by this author, a male lead says that a lady hidden behind a screen is "a little French milliner, a silly rogue that plagues me," leading her husband to hide in the closet.
In one play by this author, a male lead says that a lady hidden behind a screen is "a little French milliner, a silly rogue that plagues me," leading her husband to hide in the closet. In another of his plays, Sir Lucius and Bob Acres both accidentally challenge the same person to a duel. In that play by this author, the female lead wants to marry Ensign Beverley rather than Jack Absolute, although they are the same person. In another of his plays, Charles and Joseph Surface gossip with Lady Sneerwell. This author created Lydia Languish, the ward of Mrs. Malaprop. For 10 points, name this eighteenth-century Irish playwright who wrote The School for Scandal and The Rivals.
In one play by this author, a male lead says that a lady hidden behind a screen is "a little French milliner, a silly rogue that plagues me," leading her husband to hide in the closet.
Richard Brinsley [Butler] Sheridan