The School for Scandal

Why did Sheridan call his play the school for schandal

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Scandal relies on gossip and second-hand information. The title relates to the popularity of malicious scandal and gossip in 18th-century London's upper-class salons. These salons were highly cultured and closed environments where edicate and mannerisms were learned as if taught in a school.