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The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed

The Critic

also: the Critic

Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1779 satirical comedy, whose rehearsed play-within-the-play burlesques Elizabethan history with characters including Raleigh and Hatton — Austen's tongue-in-cheek source for their 'anecdotes.'

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The History of England Juvenilia · 1 mention