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The Contrast

Royall Tyler · 1787

Original text in English.

In the New York of 1787, a comedy of manners sets American virtues against manners imported from England.

Theatre · 8 parts · about 20 000 words · about 1 h 26 of reading

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Contents

  1. Ouverture1 min
  2. PROLOGUE2 min
  3. Characters1 min
  4. ACT I16 min
  5. ACT II. SCENE I22 min
  6. ACT III. SCENE I20 min
  7. ACT IV. SCENE I14 min
  8. ACT V. SCENE I14 min

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Royall Tyler († 1826): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 554). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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