Restoration Comedy: Three Plays by Aphra Behn

Restoration Comedy: Three Plays by Aphra Behn

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Three of the most popular Restoration comedies in one volume, all dealing with the place of women in society.

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Restoration Comedy: Three Plays by Aphra Behn

Three of the most popular Restoration comedies in one volume, all dealing with the place of women in society.
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.
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ISBN 13 9781854598486
ISBN 10 1854598481
Title Restoration Comedy: Three Plays
Author Aphra Behn
Series Nhb Classic Plays
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Year published 2005-10-03
Number of pages 416
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