{"product_id":"restoration-drama-9780631209034","title":"Restoration Drama","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new anthology provides seventeen key plays by twelve dramatists of the Restoration period in an anthology designed specifically for course use, with annotations and judiciously modernized texts. It offers a representative sampling of the types of play of the period, including plays by both men and women - sex comedy, moral comedy, heroic drama, Shakespearean adaptation and political history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The whole task is carried out with exemplary clarity and charm . . .There is no more recommendable anthology of Restoration plays available today\". \u003ci\u003eNotes and Queries \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The page layout is attractively and thoughtfully designed, avoiding, for instance, frequent run-overs of lines in verse passages. Students exploring this collection will be presented with a wealth of fascinating and innovative writing in reliable editions, and the richest sampling of the post-1660 drama currently available in a single volume.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Review of English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"David Womersley's \u003ci\u003eRestoration Drama\u003c\/i\u003e is easily the most comprehensive anthology available to date. Each of Womersley's introductions to the plays are wonderfully compact mini-guides to the plays, providing information on the author, the sources, the context and stage-history, and pointing out some of the complexities raised by the work. The explanatory notes, though kept to a minimum, are relevant and helpful. What distinuguishes the present collection from its predecessors is the editor's attempt to do justice to the multifarious nature of Restoration drama. All in all . . . this is a most valuable (and moderately priced) collection, which is likely to supersede classroom texts currently used. Future editors and publishers of Restoration plays would do students and scholars a true favour by following Womersley's and Blackwell's lead in striking out in new directions and opening up for further study the full panorama of Restoration drama.\" \u003ci\u003eEnglish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. A Note on The Text. \u003cp\u003e1. The Adventures of Five Hours. (1662) Sir Samuel Tuke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Great Favourite, or The Duke of Lerma. (1668) Sir Robert Howard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Conquest of Granada. (1670) John Dryden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Rehearsal. (1671) Buckingham.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Country Wife. (1675) William Wycherley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Plain Dealer. (1676) William Wycherley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Man of Mode. (1676) Sir George Etherege.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Rover. (1677) Aphra Behn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. All for Love. (1677) John Dryden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Lucius Junicus Brutus. (1680) Nathaniel Lee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Venice Preserved. (1682) Thomas Otway.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Love for Love. (1695) William Congreve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Love's Last Shift. (1696) Colley Cibber.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Relapse. (1696) Sir John Vanbrugh.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Way of the World. (1700) William Congreve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The Recruiting Officer. (1706) George Farguhar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Beaux Stratagem. (1707) George Farquhar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The Busie Body. (1709) Susannah Centlivre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403418378583,"sku":"9780631209034","price":39.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631209034.jpg?v=1730483410","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/restoration-drama-9780631209034","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}