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Theatre Crit - Comedy 'She Stoops to Conquer' by Oliver Goldsmith 'She Stoops to Conquer' by Oliver Goldsmith was preformed at the Everyman theatre in Cheltenham by the National Theatre, touring company on the 7th of November 2002. 'She Stoops to Conquer' is a comedy of manners set in the 1770's. Kate Hardcastle stoops to play the part of a barmaid to encourage her suitor. During his stay many tricks are played including the disguise of Mr Hardcastle's house as an inn. The aims of the play are to show that marriage should be based on love not arrangements, to show that the ordinary things in life are the most important and to show that country folk may have better qualities than townspeople. In 'She Stoops to Conquer' there are many ways in which comedy is created, these include, tricks and deceits, disguises, peculiarities of character, the yokles (servants) and wit. Many tricks are...

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