The Recruiting Officer
by George Farquhar
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Readers appreciate the humor in this restoration play, noting it as a significant achievement for the genre. Many find it unexpectedly funny and engaging, breaking the mold of typical restoration comedies.
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The Recruiting Officer; A classic Restoration-era comedy about the sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, as they go about their task of recruiting soldiers in the town of Shrewsbury.
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PublisherNick Hern Books
Year1997
BindingPaperback
Pages128
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139781854593405
ISBN-101854593404
The Recruiting Officer is a play written by George Farquhar and published by Nick Hern Books (1997).
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