Restoration Comedy - The Country Wife, The Rover, The Way of the World

Informationen zum Autor Aphra Behn (1640-89) was the first English woman to be a professional playwright. She wrote at least seventeen plays, mostly comedies. William Congreve (1670–1729) was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. He is known for his clever, satirical dialogue and influence on the comedy of manners style of that period. His plays include The Way of the World . William Wycherley (1641–1716) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for the plays The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer . Klappentext Announcing a new series of Drama Classic Collections. Zusammenfassung Three of the most popular Restoration comedies in one volume, all dealing with the place of women in society.

Product details

• Authors: Aphra Behn, William Congreve, Congreve William, Trevor Griffiths, William Wycherley, Wycherley William
• Assisted by: Trevor Griffiths (Editor)
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2005
• EAN: 9781854598486
• ISBN: 978-1-85459-848-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Drama Classics; Drama Classic: Collections S.; Nick Hern Books Drama Classics; Drama Classics; NHB Classic Plays; Drama Classic Collections
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama