The Recruiting Officer and Other Plays The Constant Couple; The Twin Rivals; the Recruiting Officer; The Beaux' Stratagem
by Farquhar, George; Myers, WilliamFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1995-12-07
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
George Farquhar (1678-1707) wrote some of the most exhilarating comedies in English, recording with great frankness the brutality and disorder of his age as well as its wit and vivacity. This modern spelling edition of four of the least formal and most actable Restoration comedies discloses the brutal, witty, and vigorously comic world in which Farquhar lived. Complete with an intorduction and full notes, this volume includes The Constant Couple, The Twin Rivals, The Recruiting Officer, and The Beaux' stratagem. All challenge many preconceptions about class, marriage, and the sexual politics of the early eighteenth century.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Note on the Texts | |
| Select Bibliography | |
| A Chronology of George Farquhar | |
| The Constant Couple | p. 1 |
| The Twin Rivals | p. 79 |
| The Recruiting Officer | p. 159 |
| The Beaux' Stratagem | p. 243 |
| Explanatory Notes | p. 323 |
| Glossary | p. 394 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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