School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 2:00pm to 9:30pm

Fine Arts Guignol Building, Guignol Theatre
531 S Limestone St, Lexington, KY 40506-0020

UK Dept of Theatre & Dance mainstage production. School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Performances: December 1-3 at 7:30 pm & December 3 & 4 at 2:00 pm, 2022 Guignol Theatre General Admission: $10 for Students/ $15 for Adults (plus $2.00 ticketing fee to SCFA) The comedic, satirical play, School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a scathing attack on pretention and hypocrisy. It was originally staged in 1777 in London’s Drury Lane Theatre. In this play, gossip and scandal, fueled by sexual intrigue, dominate the high society and aristocracy of England. Often considered the highlight of the “comedy of manners” plays, Sheridan’s plot delivers a caustic rebuke of the lack of honor, lax morality, and conceits of the idle rich, who spend their time in constant turmoil striving for superior position and advantage amongst themselves, through destroying the good names of their peers.