His plays , especially the rivals and the school for scandal , are generally regarded as important links between the masterpiece of shakespeare and those of bernard shaw , and as true classics in english comedy 他的代表作《情敌》和《造谣学校》被认为是上承莎士比亚，下接萧伯纳的纽带，是真正的英国古典派喜剧。
On the whole , though favouring preferably light opera of the don giovanni description , and martha , a gem in its line , he had a penchant , though with only a surface knowledge , for the severe classical school such as mendelssohn 总之，他爱听莫扎特的唐乔万尼281那样的轻歌剧，而玛尔塔282是这方面的珠玉之作。尽管他对门德尔松这样严格的古典派只具有点皮毛的知识，却也怀着强烈的爱好283 。
