Project Gutenberg 2012-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 55 O'Keeffe, John 1747 1833 O'Keefe, John Wild Oats; or, The Strolling Gentlemen Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "Wild Oats; or, The Strolling Gentlemen" by John O'Keeffe is a comedy written in the late 18th century. The play is set in England and follows the intertwining lives of various characters, notably Sir George Thunder, his son Harry, and Lady Amaranth, as they navigate themes of love, deception, and social standing. It promises a blend of humor and rich character interactions within a theatrical setting. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Sir George Thunder and his servant John Dory. Sir George is in hot pursuit of his runaway son, Harry, who has temporarily abandoned his naval studies for a life in the theatre. The opening scenes establish a comedic tone with John Dory’s witty banter and Sir George's lively frustrations about the young men's antics. Meanwhile, we also meet Lady Amaranth, who is revealed to be a wealthy heiress with her own set of societal expectations, setting the stage for romantic entanglements. The interplay between the characters creates an amusing setting that hints at the chaos and misunderstandings to come as relationships unfold throughout the comedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comedies English drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 182692 182689 2024-10-16T12:29:14.721368 2023-09-17T06:43:37.363323 text/html text/html 181905 2012-03-06T18:10:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 335698 2012-03-06T18:10:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 419814 2024-10-16T12:29:23.468339 application/epub+zip 420802 2024-10-16T12:29:18.312332 application/epub+zip 125719 2024-10-16T12:29:16.923349 application/epub+zip 601224 2024-10-16T12:29:26.797302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 573403 2024-10-16T12:29:22.536345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268109 2022-09-17T18:24:11.256288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145491 145391 2024-10-16T12:29:13.438390 2023-09-17T06:43:36.317303 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 145341 2012-03-06T18:10:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 57188 2012-03-06T18:10:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 145332 2012-03-06T18:10:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57171 2012-03-06T18:10:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21349 2024-10-16T12:29:27.292292 application/rdf+xml 16340 2024-10-16T12:29:17.501348 image/jpeg 3737 2024-10-16T12:29:17.216347 image/jpeg 414170 2024-10-16T12:29:14.744381 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