{"product_id":"the-clandestine-marriage-9781551110271","title":"The Clandestine Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Garrick, the leading actor of his time, was also one of its most accomplished dramatists, and \u003cem\u003eThe Clandestine Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e is perhaps his finest play. Its story centres on the household of a wealthy merchant, Mr. Sterling, whose main concern is that his two daughters marry men of wealth. Fanny has defied her apprentice; her sister Betsey is engaged to be married to Sir John Melvil. But Melvil and his friend Lord Ogleby both fall in love with Fanny. It is up to Lovewell to persuade both men that marriage to Fanny is out of the question—without revealing to them that he has already married her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe action of the play and also its setting (a landscape garden designed after the fashion of the time to provide artificial wildness and ‘commanding’ views) give ample scope for Garrick and Coleman to satirize the mercantile mind—yet the play’s comic spirit holds appeal to those on all points of the political compass. First produced in 1766, \u003cem\u003eThe Clandestine Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e was revived to great acclaim in 1995 in a London production starring Nigel Hawthorne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull-length plays of the late eighteenth century were usually performed together with short plays (or ‘afterpieces’) to form a full evening of entertainment. In accordance with that tradition this edition is completed by two of the most interesting examples of the genre: Charles Burney’s \u003cem\u003eThe Cunning-Man\u003c\/em\u003e (which in fact was several times performed alongside \u003cem\u003eThe Clandestine Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e during the 1766-67 season) and \u003cem\u003eThe Rehearsal; or Bayes in Petticoats\u003c\/em\u003e by Catherine Clive (who played Mrs. Heidelberg in the original production of \u003cem\u003eThe Clandestine Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This imaginative collection takes us to the London theatre c. 1766 for an ‘evening’s entertainment’ of sparkling comedies (a mainpiece and two afterpieces), with Chevalier as our knowledgeable and genial guide.” — Peter Sabor, McGill University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn Evening’s Entertainment\u003cbr\u003eStage Tradition and the Pastoral\u003cbr\u003eSources and Stage Histories\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAdvertisement\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eDramatis Personae\u003cbr\u003eAct I\u003cbr\u003eAct II\u003cbr\u003eAct III\u003cbr\u003eAct IV\u003cbr\u003eAct V\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE CUNNING-MAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAdvertisement\u003cbr\u003eDramatis Personae\u003cbr\u003eAct I\u003cbr\u003eAct II\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE REHEARSAL, OR BAYES IN PETTICOATS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAdvertisement\u003cbr\u003ePersons\u003cbr\u003eAct I\u003cbr\u003eAct II\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTEXTUAL NOTES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Clandestine Marriage\u003cbr\u003eThe Cunning-Man\u003cbr\u003eThe Rehearsl, of Bayes in Petticoats\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX A: CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Clandestine Marriage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cunning-Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX B: NOTES ON THE ACTORS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041301791063,"sku":"9781551110271","price":24.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551110271.jpg?v=1750949724","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-clandestine-marriage-9781551110271","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}