Plays by George Colman the Younger and Thomas Morton
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Plays by George Colman the Younger and Thomas Morton
（British and American playwrights, 1750-1920）
Cambridge University Press, 1983
- : pbk
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Biographical record: p. 58-64
Bibliography: p. 264
Contents of Works
- Inkle and Yarico / by George Colman the Younger
- The surrender of Calais / by George Colman the Younger
- The children in the wood / by Thomas Morton
- Blue Beard, or, Female curiosity! / by George Colman the Younger
- Speed the plough / by Thomas Morton
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume contains edited texts of five plays by two late eighteenth-century dramatists. The plays have been chosen to represent the range of the two playwrights and the variety of dramatic material on offer during the period. The full-length plays and afterpieces by George Colman the Younger and Thomas Morton were as popular as Sheridan's works in their time, but today are seldom performed or read. This discrepancy lies at the heart of Barry Sutcliffe's extensive introduction, which explores the critical and social background to the dramatic activity of the period and relates the dramas to the shifting demands of the theatre audiences for whom these plays were written.
Table of Contents
- Inkle and Yarico
- The Surrender of Calais
- The Children in the Wood
- Blue Beard or Female Curiosity
- Speed the Plough.
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