Sir Peter enters and tells Joseph that he suspects an affair between Charles and Lady Teazle ( due to the rumours spread by Joseph and Lady Sneerwell ).
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Fortescue acted in plays in London and the provinces for over 40 years, playing such roles as Lady Teazle in " School for Scandal ".
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He is believed to have made his first appearance in London at the Haymarket Theatre about 1847, again playing Charles Surface to his father's Teazle.
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Richardson's next stage role was in a starry revival of " The School for Scandal ", as Sir Peter Teazle, directed by Gielgud in 1962.
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Lady Teazle returns and dismisses Maria, and it is revealed that she is seriously flirting with Joseph who doesn't want her, but cannot afford to alienate her.
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She was perhaps best remembered as Lady Teazle in Sheridan's " The School for Scandal " and Aphrodite in George Procter Hawtrey's " Atlanta ".
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He also played Charles Plastic in " Town and Country ", and Charles Surface to the Sir Peter Teazle of his father in " The School for Scandal ".
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In 1886 he played Iago in " Othello " and Sir Peter Teazle in " The School for Scandal " with F . R . Benson's company at Bournemouth.
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"' Scene II "': At Sir Peter's house, Lady Sneerwell, Mrs . Candour, Sir Benjamin, and Crabtree exchange confused rumours about the Teazle affair.
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On her last appearance, 8 April 1797, she played Lady Teazle; a large audience was attracted, and Farren, after speaking the farewell lines of her part, burst into tears.
