It takes the average reader 4 hours and 20 minutes to read Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy by George Taylor
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For this volume George Taylor has edited five plays by two largely forgotten eighteenth-century playwrights, Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy. The plays are The Minor and The Nabob by Foote and The Citizen, Three Weeks after Marriage and Know Your Own Mind by Murphy. All, apart from the last, are two- or three-act farces, the main popular fare of the eighteenth-century theatre. They are still eminently playable today, each exploring a different aspect of London society. Both playwrights have an acute ear for amusing and socially revealing dialogue, with a deft sense of situation comedy. Foote was an important theatre manager who established the success of the Haymarket Theatre by his particular brand of satire and mimicry. Had Murphy been more assiduous in his theatrical career and maintained good relations with David Garrick, his reputation as a dramatist might now have ranked him alongside Goldsmith and Sheridan.
Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy by George Taylor is 260 pages long, and a total of 65,000 words.
This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 55 minutes to read Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy aloud.
Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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