The Meridian Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Plays by Women

by Katharine M. Rogers

Book Overview

This extraordinary edition includes seven full-length plays from the era, including an unproduced play by Frances Burney, unavailable for centuries. Women playwrights of the Restoration and eighteenth... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452011108
• ISBN13: 9780452011106
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

If You Read Restoration Drama at All, You'll Want to Review These Titles

Right, Restoration drama (1660-1700) is probably an acquired taste--even on the stage. So you would probably want to start your reading of Restoration drama with a more general anthology. But if you have a general understanding of the standard plays and want to know about significant plays by women, then this is the book for you. Includes the following: Aphra Behn, Sir Patient Fancy; Mary Griffith Pix, The Spanish Wives; Susanna Centlivre, A Bold Stroke for a Wife; Mercy Otis Warren, The Group; Frances Burney, The Witlings; Hannah Cowley, The Belle's Stratagem; Elizabeth Inchbald, Such Things Are.