by Richard Sheridan
Discussion Questions:
1. Is there a difference between gossiping and scandal-mongering?
2. What part does motive play? Consider Lady Candor and Lady Sneerwell.
3. Subject matter: fact or fiction? First or second-hand information? Naming names?
4.Consider these professionals and their boundaries: journalists, detectives, doctors, lawyers, confessors.
5. Are men and women equally tempted to scandal-mongering? How do we feel about the men in this play?
6. What part does idleness play in these characters, both men and women?
7. Reputations: who has more to lose?
8. What part does natural curiosity play?
9. Gossip disguised as a prayer request; are we guilty?
