Behn: Five Plays

by Aphra Behn and Maureen Duffy

Book Overview

Aphra Behn was among the wittiest and most prolific playwrights of her day

The Widow Ranter is a tragi-comedy, The False Count concerns the marriage of a young woman to a much older man whilst The Lucky Chance ran into instant criticism for immorality. The Rover is her most famous comedy and Abdelazar is her only tragedy.
"Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common...All...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041317090X
• ISBN13: 9780413170903
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"