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She Stoops to Conquer

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noun

  1. a comedy (1773) by Oliver Goldsmith.


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Oldman started out at the venue in 1979 in plays like Privates on Parade and She Stoops to Conquer - as well as playing the cat in the pantomime Dick Whittington that Christmas.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024

Finney made his first professional turn at 19 and appeared in several TV movies, including "She Stoops to Conquer" in 1956 and "The Claverdon Road Job" the following year.

From Fox News • Feb. 8, 2019

She Stoops to Conquer A marriageable young woman sets her sights on a well-to-do Londoner in Oliver Goldsmith’s 19th century romantic comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2018

He returned to the stage, acting in The Carefree Tree on Broadway in 1955, and touring with The Seagull, Hedda Gabler and She Stoops to Conquer.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2011

She Stoops to Conquer inspired Sheridan with his inimitable dramatic conceptions.

From Oliver Goldsmith by Buckland, E. S. Lang

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