The Rover by Aphra Behn
The Rover, or The Banish'd Cavaliers is the most popular play by the Restoration playwright and spy Aphra Behn, first performed in 1677. The play follows the wild exploits of a group of English gentlemen in Naples at carnival time, although many of the tropes of the genre are subverted to an extent which sent shockwaves through the theatre world.
'All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn which is, most scandalously but rather appropriately, in Westminster Abbey, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds' (Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own)
Aphra Behn (c.1640–89), or Astrea, was a poet, author and playwright, best remembered today as being one of the first English women to earn a living with her pen, as well as for her work as a spy for Charles II.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781913724061 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913724069 |
| Title | The Rover |
| Author | Aphra Behn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Renard Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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