{"product_id":"restoration-drama-an-anthology-paperback-softback-9780631209034","title":"Restoration Drama; An Anthology (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631209034","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRestoration Drama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Anthology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Womersley (Edited by), D Womersley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631209034, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 January 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e848 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17.3 x 4.5 cm, 1.438 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The whole task is carried out with exemplary clarity and charm . . .There is no more recommendable anthology of Restoration plays available today\". \u003ci\u003eNotes and Queries \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The page layout is attractively and thoughtfully designed, avoiding, for instance, frequent run-overs of lines in verse passages. Students exploring this collection will be presented with a wealth of fascinating and innovative writing in reliable editions, and the richest sampling of the post-1660 drama currently available in a single volume.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Review of English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"David Womersley's \u003ci\u003eRestoration Drama\u003c\/i\u003e is easily the most comprehensive anthology available to date. Each of Womersley's introductions to the plays are wonderfully compact mini-guides to the plays, providing information on the author, the sources, the context and stage-history, and pointing out some of the complexities raised by the work. The explanatory notes, though kept to a minimum, are relevant and helpful. What distinuguishes the present collection from its predecessors is the editor's attempt to do justice to the multifarious nature of Restoration drama. All in all . . . this is a most valuable (and moderately priced) collection, which is likely to supersede classroom texts currently used. Future editors and publishers of Restoration plays would do students and scholars a true favour by following Womersley's and Blackwell's lead in striking out in new directions and opening up for further study the full panorama of Restoration drama.\" \u003ci\u003eEnglish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis new anthology provides seventeen key plays by twelve dramatists of the Restoration period in an anthology designed specifically for course use, with annotations and judiciously modernized texts. It offers a representative sampling of the types of play of the period, including plays by both men and women - sex comedy, moral comedy, heroic drama, Shakespearean adaptation and political history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. A Note on The Text. \u003cp\u003e1. The Adventures of Five Hours. (1662) Sir Samuel Tuke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Great Favourite, or The Duke of Lerma. (1668) Sir Robert Howard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Conquest of Granada. (1670) John Dryden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Rehearsal. (1671) Buckingham.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Country Wife. (1675) William Wycherley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Plain Dealer. (1676) William Wycherley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Man of Mode. (1676) Sir George Etherege.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Rover. (1677) Aphra Behn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. All for Love. (1677) John Dryden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Lucius Junicus Brutus. (1680) Nathaniel Lee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Venice Preserved. (1682) Thomas Otway.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Love for Love. (1695) William Congreve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Love's Last Shift. (1696) Colley Cibber.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Relapse. (1696) Sir John Vanbrugh.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Way of the World. (1700) William Congreve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The Recruiting Officer. (1706) George Farguhar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Beaux Stratagem. (1707) George Farquhar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The Busie Body. (1709) Susannah Centlivre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470036889880,"sku":"9780631209034","price":40.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631209034.jpg?v=1785629122","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/restoration-drama-an-anthology-paperback-softback-9780631209034","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}