General Editor's Preface .- Introduction .- PART 1 SHERIDAN IN HIS TIMES .- Paternal Achievement.- The Whig Orator Letters and Life .- PART 2 ACHIEVEMENT AND TRADITION.- PART 3 THE PLAYS IN CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE.- The Rivals A Trip to Scarborough.- The School for Scandal .- The Critic .- Select Bibliography .- Notes on Contributors .- Acknowledgements.- Index.