Paula Byrne (2017) records that only two years before writing "Mansfield Park", Austen had played with great aplomb the part of Mrs Candour in Sheridan's popular contemporary play "The School for Scandal". Her correspondence shows that she and her family continued as enthusiastic theatre-goers. Byrne also argues that Austen's novels, particularly "Mansfield Park", show considerable theatricality and dramatic structure which makes them particularly adaptable for screen representation. Calvo sees the novel as a rewrite of Shakespeare's "King Lear" and his three daughters, with Fanny as Sir Thomas's Regency Cordelia.