Four Great Restoration Comedies
by William Wycherley

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Synopsis

When England's theaters reopened in 1660, 18 years after being closed by an act of Parliament, audiences embraced the witty and satirical dialogue spoken by "plain folks" characters—it was a new era in drama.

The four comedy classics featured in this one convenient collection are typical of the works popularized during one of the most exciting and innovative periods in English theater.

Brimming with bawdy and satirical comedies and rampant with notorious womanizers, amorous adventure, and marital discord are works by William Wycherley (

The Country Wife

), Sir George Etherege (

The Man of Mode

), Aphra Behn (

The Rover

), and Sir John Vanbrugh (

The Relapse

).

Publication

Publisher Dover Publications
Year 2005
Binding Paperback
Edition Seventh Printing
Pages 352
Place Mineola, NY
Language English
ISBN-13 9780486445700
ISBN-10 0486445704
eISBN-13 9780486153605
LCCN 2005050091
LCC PR1266 .F673 2005
DCC 822/.052308

Four Great Restoration Comedies is a British play written by William Wycherley and published by Dover Publications in Mineola, NY (2005).

Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9780486153605).

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