Project Gutenberg 2006-09-29 Public domain in the USA. 253 Morton, Thomas 1764 1838 Morton, T. (Thomas) Speed the plough : $b A comedy, in five acts; as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_the_Plough Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Speed the Plough" by Thomas Morton is a comedy in five acts likely written in the early 19th century. The play revolves around the intersecting lives of various characters such as Farmer Ashfield and his wife, Dame Ashfield, alongside the ambitious Sir Abel Handy and his son, Bob Handy. The narrative explores themes of love, social aspiration, and rural life, set against the backdrop of an agricultural competition. The opening of the comedy introduces the rustic charm of Farmer Ashfield's household as they eagerly await the return of their daughter, Susan. This act sets up significant characters and their relationships, especially as Sir Abel Handy, who is eager to improve his estate, enters the scene, emphasizing the comedic clash between his modern ideas and the traditional ways of Ashfield. In this early part, we also see the foundation for romantic entanglements and class differences, with hints of a ploughing match to come, which will further intertwine the lives of all the characters while revealing their true natures and intentions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en English drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 170034 2025-06-08T09:53:30.559201 text/html 172644 2006-09-29T04:10:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 453920 2006-09-29T04:10:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 370824 2025-06-08T09:53:38.891188 application/epub+zip 372581 2025-06-08T09:53:33.957186 application/epub+zip 114340 2025-06-08T09:53:32.485191 application/epub+zip 515333 2025-06-08T09:53:42.028135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496015 2025-06-08T09:53:37.949159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233901 2022-09-09T09:18:08.491484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141861 2025-06-08T09:53:29.531241 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141776 2006-09-29T04:10:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 53515 2006-09-29T04:10:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 141777 2006-09-29T04:10:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 53502 2006-09-29T04:10:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 141769 2006-09-29T04:10:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53483 2006-09-29T04:10:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21815 2025-06-08T09:53:42.175126 application/rdf+xml 13047 2025-06-08T09:53:33.080165 image/jpeg 3237 2025-06-08T09:53:32.784166 image/jpeg 531076 2025-06-08T09:53:30.580206 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia