Talk:She Stoops to Conquer

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This play had rave reviews here in Manchester, UK so I went to see it yesterday and thought it was utterly dismal. This "Tony Lumpkin" character considering he was a great comic of literature was nothing more than extremely loud and annoying and not at all funny, just over dramatic, like a giant melodramatic hobbit.

I thought this play was terrible. By the end of Act 1 I didnt remotely know what was going on, nor care about the outcome, or any of the characters, so I left. I've never done that before, but the idea of sitting through Act 2 was too much. TR_Wolf

[edit] Meaning of the title

One thing I did not understand from the article - where does the title come from? To what does it refer?

- Kate has to 'stoop' socially, by pretending she is a poor relation of the family, to seduce marlow ('to conquer'). In her guise as a poor relative, Marlow becomes quite comfortable around her, whereas when she presents her true social status to him, he becomes a blubbering wreck.

She says so herself in Act iv: "I'll still preserve the character in which i have stooped to conquer, but will undeceive my papa", and shows the importance of this major aspect: "Simplicity" (naturalness of the heart - not the mind) conquers men.Flammingo^Parliament 20:09, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Play / Films

I remove the film request templates and add the WP Theater. The article mentions several films and I find six with the same title (1910 (USA), 1914 (UK), 1923 (UK), 1939 (UK/TV), 1971(UK/TV, which by the way has a 9.8 rating!), 2003(V)). Hoverfish Talk 18:31, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Updated w/importance & class SkierRMH 10:46, 25 March 2007 (UTC)