The Recruiting Officer and Other Plays: The Constant Couple; The Twin Rivals; the Recruiting Officer; The Beaux' Stratagem (World's Classics) [Paperback]

George Farquhar (Author), William Myers (Editor)

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Publication Date: December 7, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0192822497 | ISBN-13: 978-0192822499

George Farquhar (1678-1707) wrote some of the most exhilarating comedies in English, recording with great frankness the brutality and disorder of his age as well as its wit and vivacity. This modern spelling edition of four of the least formal and most actable Restoration comedies discloses the brutal, witty, and vigorously comic world in which Farquhar lived. Complete with an intorduction and full notes, this volume includes The Constant Couple, The Twin Rivals, The Recruiting Officer, and The Beaux' stratagem. All challenge many preconceptions about class, marriage, and the sexual politics of the early eighteenth century.

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William Myers is Professor of English Literature at the University of Leicester. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 7, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0192822497
• ISBN-13: 978-0192822499
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,168,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: The Recruiting Officer and Other Plays: The Constant Couple; The Twin Rivals; the Recruiting Officer; The Beaux' Stratagem (World's Classics) (Paperback)

These plays are fun to read. They might seem old fashioned because they were written two hundred years ago, but actually I think they are relevant today and any day. I've read all four plays already dozens of times, and I wish more people could become acquainted with this period's marvelous literature.