she stoops to conquer by oliver goldsmith
OLIVER GOLDSMITH: SHE STOOPS to CONQUER (ABOUT THE PLAY) AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND Goldsmith was born in Ireland, in 1728 of Anglo-Irish parents. His father, Charles Goldsmith, was a poor clergyman. Oliver was not a handsome boy because he had a small-pox scarred face which was always an object of ridicule by his peer. This made his childhood altogether unhappy. He started school very early and by the age of sixteen, he entered Trinity College, Dublin, as a sizar – an undergraduate who receives assistance from the college for his maintenance . He left Dublin in 1749 with a pass degree after a career that was not particularly smooth. In spite of his poverty, Oliver was like his father, generous and kind almost to a fault. When his father died (1747), he managed to continue his studies through the help of his uncle. His father had wanted him to be a pastor like himself, but he was rejected by the chu...