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Quality Street

Quality Street

Matthew Barrie, James

Paperback

General World HistoryPlays

ISBN10: 0573614520
ISBN13: 9780573614521
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Published: Mar 15 2011
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.27 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

J.M. Barrie

Comedy

Characters: 6 male 9 female

Interior Set

Quality Street is a cup of exquisite comic delight. Set in England about 1800 it is alive with elegant humor and wit. There are several maiden women in the action some of them a bit sour and curiously officious. But the one named Phoebe with the plain face is a sparkling lass whose heart flutters for a bachelor by the name of Valentine who is expected on a visit. Sadly we learn Valentine has come back not to propose to Miss Phoebe but to announce his enlistment in the Napoleonic wars. And Phoebe and her sister have met economic misfortune by teaching at a primary school. Rejuvenated by his return Phoebe in a carefree moment discards her prim clothes and expression and becomes a gay young girl extravagant with her smiles as well as with her dances at the military balls. The transformation is so complete that Phoebe is mistaken for a fictitious niece. The deception increases the merriment and produces many sudden changes of the plot. Valentine discovers his love for Phoebe and then fortunately discovers the precarious plot in time to save it from the mischievous women. Surely this is one of the most endearing and enduring of all comedies.

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