Four Restoration Marriage Plays The Soldier's Fortune; the Princess of Cleves; Amphitryon; or the Two Sosias; the Wives' Excuse; or Cuckolds Make Themselves |
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Author:
| Otway, Thomas Lee, Nathaniel Dryden, John Southerne, Thomas |
Editor:
| Cordner, Michael |
As told to:
| Clayton, Ronald |
Series title: | Oxford Drama Library |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-812163-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1995 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Marriage and its discontents lie at the heart of Restoration comedy. In all four of the great plays gathered here for the first time, a married woman confronts her would-be seducer. Each dramatist, however, totally reinterprets that situation. Rich, inventive and diverse, these plays demonstrate the vigour with which the institution of marriage was interrogated in the post-1660 playhouse. The Soldier's Fortune; The Princess of Cleves; Amphitryon; The Wives' Excuse
Marriage and its discontents lie at the heart of Restoration comedy. In all four of the great plays gathered here for the first time, a married woman confronts her would-be seducer. Each dramatist, however, totally reinterprets that situation. Rich, inventive and diverse, these plays demonstrate the vigour with which the institution of marriage was interrogated in the post-1660 playhouse. The Soldier's Fortune; The Princess of Cleves; Amphitryon; The Wives' Excuse