id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5359 The School for Scandal - Wikipedia .html text/html 5164 500 80 Thus she and Joseph are plotting to alienate Maria from Charles by putting out rumours of an affair between Charles and Sir Peter's new young wife, Lady Teazle. Sir Peter decides to hide, and have Joseph sound Charles out about his relationship with Lady Teazle. As Charles and Joseph try to eject their incognito uncle, Sir Peter and Lady Teazle arrive with Maria and Rowley, ending Sir Oliver's pretence. In its earliest stages, as detailed by Thomas Moore, Sheridan developed two separate play sketches, one initially entitled "The Slanderers" that began with Lady Sneerwell and Spatter (equivalent to Snake in the final version), and the other involving the Teazles. Because, as one recent editor has put it, "The School for Scandal is the most intractable problem Sheridan set his editors",[4] editions of this play can vary considerably. Sheridan: The School for Scandal and Other Plays. Sheridan: The School for Scandal and Other Plays. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5359.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5359.txt