![]() ![]() Crabtree (Gabriel Graetz), Sir Benjamin Backbite (Richard Snee), and Mrs. Skewering the pretentiousness and hypocrisy of high society in the 1770s, Sheridan delights in deploying witty dialogue through a clever parade of wealthy uncles, pretenders, rogues and money-lenders, such as the vengeful Lady Sneerwell (Sarah Newhouse) and her intimate, Mr. ![]() As rumors that Lady Teazle might be engaged in an indiscretion with the handsome but duplicitous Joseph Surface (Michael Underhill) emerge, the real scheming begins, as a multitude of other scandals snare Joseph’s brother Charles (Omar Robinson) and others, enveloping the aristocratic drawing rooms of London, and leaving few secure in their propriety. Lady Teazle (Lydia Barnett-Mulligan) brings a free spirit and extravagance to her position that has scandalmongers already talking. ![]() Sheridan’s delicious tapestry of deceit unfolds around Sir Peter Teazle (Gabriel Graetz) and his much younger wife from the country. ![]()
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