Show Plot She Stoops to Conquer

Authors: Oliver Goldsmith

Time Period: The Georgian era (18th century, specifically 1773)

Setting:

• Main Location: The country manor house of Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle (which looks modest enough to be mistaken for an inn).
• Secondary Location: The Three Pigeons (a local country alehouse/tavern) and the surrounding dark countryside roads

Summary:

She Stoops to Conquer follows Charles Marlow, a man who is shy around upper-class women but bold with lower-class women, as he mistakes his date's family home for an inn due to a mischievous prank.