This entertaining satire takes aim at the social mores of upper class England in the late 18th century. Edward Moore, a popular playwright of the time, skewers the hypocrisies and follies of the elite through the lens of a farcical story about a family trying to rent out their country estate. Full of wit and humor, this play is a classic of Restoration-era comedy.

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