The second half of this play focuses on a rehearsal of Mr. Puff's play The Spanish Armada at the Drury Lane Theatre, attended by Dangle, Sneer, and Sir Fretful Plagiary.
When one character in this play says that he used to profit by miseries and misfortunes, another character responds by asking if he was a lawyer and a doctor at the same time. Near the beginning of this play, one character repeatedly insults another, interpolating his insults by saying "though he is my friend." The fact that the Italian Signor Ritornello has a French interpreter leads to much linguistic confusion in one scene. A play within this play includes a scene in which Burleigh enters and exits the stage without saying a word, and features a love story involving Tilburina and Don Ferolo Whiskerandos. The second half of this play focuses on a rehearsal of Mr. Puff's play The Spanish Armada at the Drury Lane Theatre, attended by Dangle, Sneer, and Sir Fretful Plagiary. For 10 points, name this satire of the world of theater by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
When one character in this play says that he used to profit by miseries and misfortunes, another character responds by asking if he was a lawyer and a doctor at the same time.
The Critic