Richard Cumberland wrote plays that had sympathetic depictions of the characters that focused on what mindset, based on unequal relationships between two countries?
Richard Cumberland (dramatist) Richard Cumberland (19 February 1731/2 – 7 May 1811) was an English dramatist and civil servant. In 1771 his hit play "The West Indian" was first staged. During the American War of Independence he acted as a secret negotiator with Spain in an effort to secure a peace agreement between the two nations. He also edited a short-lived critical journal called "The London Review" (1809). His plays are often remembered for their sympathetic depiction of colonial characters and others generally considered to be margins of society.
Amanda Kerfstedt Hilda Augusta "Amanda" Kerfstedt, née "Hallström" (5 June 1835, in Eskilstuna – 10 April 1920, in Stockholm), was a Swedish novelist, playwright and translator. She was a popular and noted writer in late 19th and early 20th century Sweden, and participated in the public debate. She was also engaged in the movement for women's rights, and active in the "Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet" and "Föreningen för gift kvinnas äganderätt". As a feminist, she focused on the debate around sexual equality, and was critical to the contemporary sexual double standards for men and women. As such, she was one of the participants in the "Sedlighetsdebatten" (Morality Debate), the public debate in Swedish papers, books and plays, which took place during the 1880s. She was the editor of the feminist paper "Dagny", the organ of the "Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet", in 1888-1891. She was especially noted within the debate on children's literature.