"The Hunchback" by James Sheridan Knowles is an early 19th-century drama that explores the tangled lives of people from different social classes. The play starts in a bustling tavern, following Master Wilford, who dreams of becoming an Earl and marrying into wealth. His desires for status and riches immediately introduce us to the play's main ideas of ambition and love. Master Walter, a hunchback, enters the scene, bringing a different point of view as he interacts with love interests and social pressures. The play begins by creating detailed characters, relationships, and conflicts that will develop as the story goes forward.
The Hunchback
By James Sheridan Knowles
In this 1830s drama, a hunchbacked character finds himself in a complicated web of love and ambition amongst the wealth thirsty elite.
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2002-10-01
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About the AuthorJames Sheridan Knowles was an Irish dramatist and actor. A relative of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Knowles enjoyed success writing plays for the leading West End theatres. Later in his career he also produced several novels.
James Sheridan Knowles was an Irish dramatist and actor. A relative of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Knowles enjoyed success writing plays for the leading West End theatres. Later in his career he also produced several novels.
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