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The Contrast
Written in 1787, “The Contrast” was America’s first comedy and an indisputable hit in its time!
The sentimental Maria is unhappily engaged to Dimple, a dandy whose recent European tour has given him expensive tastes and a tendency to flirt with her friends. They all seem on track for a life of misery until Colonel Manly and his salt-of-the-earth waiter Jonathan arrive in town to disrupt this disreputable plot. Fresh from the American Revolution, this 18th-century gem is a comedy of manners that helped define what American manners were to become.
