Four restoration libertine plays
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Four restoration libertine plays
（Oxford world's classics, . Oxford English drama）
Oxford University Press, 2005
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. li-liii)
Contents of Works
- The libertine / Thomas Shadwell
- The man of mode, or, Sir Fopling Flutter / Sir George Etherege
- A fond husband, or, The plotting sisters / Thomas Durfey
- Friendship in fashion / Thomas Otway
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Thomas Shadwell, The Libertine * George Etherege, The Man of Mode * Thomas Durfey, A Fond Husband * Thomas Otway, Friendship in Fashion These four plays in the Oxford English Drama series capture the range of responses to the fashionable and daring libertine movement in the second half of the seventeenth century. A Fond Husband and Friendship in Fashion are lesser-known comic gems of the Restoration stage; The Man of Mode is Etherege's masterpiece, and The Libertine is Shadwell's experimental and dark version of the Don Juan story. The texts are freshly edited using modern spelling. There is a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and an informative bibliography which together illuminate the plays' cultural context and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike. 'The series should shape the canon in a number of significant areas. A splendid and imaginative project.' Professor Anne Barton, Cambridge University
Table of Contents
- The Libertine
- The Man of Mode
- A Fond Husband
- Friendship in Fashion
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