Project Gutenberg 2009-06-26 Public domain in the USA. 530 Tyler, Royall 1757 1826 Tyler, William Clark Moses, Montrose Jonas 1878 1934 Moses, Montrose J. The Contrast Produced by David Starner, Brownfox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Contrast" by Royall Tyler is a comedy written in the late 18th century. As one of the first American plays to gain attention, it provides a glimpse into the social dynamics and cultural attitudes of its time, particularly in New York City. The play revolves around themes of love and marriage, featuring characters such as the satirical Colonel Manly and the seemingly frivolous Dimple, as well as other young women navigating the complexities of desire and societal expectations. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Charlotte and Letitia, discussing the latest fashions and gossip in a light-hearted manner. Various characters are introduced, including Maria, who is torn between her duty to her father and her lack of affection for her intended husband, Mr. Dimple. Charlotte’s brother, Colonel Manly, contrasts sharply with the other characters through his serious demeanor and moral perspective, setting the stage for a clash between duty, societal expectations, and personal desire that unfolds throughout the comedy. The opening establishes the playful, yet critical essence of the narrative and introduces the contrasting values that will be explored in the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comedies American drama PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 194482 194491 2024-09-12T13:24:58.119471 2023-09-13T05:43:54.043498 text/html text/html 194590 2009-06-26T16:48:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 192794 2009-06-26T16:48:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 242605 2024-09-12T13:25:04.442485 application/epub+zip 243313 2024-09-12T13:24:59.986428 application/epub+zip 115809 2024-09-12T13:24:58.701435 application/epub+zip 421359 2024-09-12T13:25:07.318458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405772 2024-09-12T13:25:03.512421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207405 2022-09-13T14:08:18.837040 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 155496 155401 2024-09-12T13:24:57.439425 2023-09-13T05:43:53.434522 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 155392 2009-06-26T16:48:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 59799 2009-06-26T16:48:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 155385 2009-06-26T16:48:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 59764 2009-06-26T16:48:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20861 2024-09-12T13:25:07.461453 application/rdf+xml 10906 2024-09-12T13:24:59.066474 image/jpeg 2874 2024-09-12T13:24:58.882470 image/jpeg 239599 2024-09-12T13:24:58.141423 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia