Four Great Restoration Comedies

Four Great Restoration Comedies
Author: William Wycherley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0486153606

Comedy classics that defined a new era in drama: The Country Wife by William Wycherley; The Man of Mode by Sir George Etheredge; The Rover by Aphra Behn; and The Relapse by Sir John Vanbrugh.

Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections

Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections
Author: John Henry Ottemiller
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 833
Release: 2011
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0810877201

The standard location tool for full-length plays published in collections and anthologies in England and the United States since the beginning of the 20th century, Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections has undergone seven previous editions, the latest in 1988, covering 1900 through 1985. In this new edition, Denise Montgomery has expanded the volume to include collections published in the entire English-speaking world through 2000 and beyond. This new volume lists more than 3,500 new plays and 2,000 new authors, as well as birth and/or death information for hundreds of authors. Representing the largest expansion between editions, this updated volume is a valuable resource for libraries worldwide.

Female Playwrights of the Restoration

Female Playwrights of the Restoration
Author: Paddy Lyons
Publisher: Phoenix
Total Pages: 363
Release: 1991
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780460870801

Aphra Behn was the first woman to earn her living by writing for the theater, and was ranked by Defoe alongside Rochester and Milton as one of the 'great wits' of her century.