The Beaux' Stratagem Paperback / softback
by George Farquhar
Edited by Prof. Ann Blake
Part of the New Mermaids series
Paperback / softback
Description
It attests to Farquhar's stature as a man that he composed this warm-hearted and vibrant play while he was dying.
Like The Recruiting Officer, the play is set in a provincial town and its plot is slight: Aimwell and Archer, two impecunious London gentlemen, arrive in Lichfield looking for an heiress to marry.
Aimwell, posing as his elder brother, falls in love with his 'prey' Dorinda and confesses his imposture to her; his 'man-servant' Archer arouses the wistful interest of the unhappily married Mrs Sullen.
The introduction to this edition discusses the play for its theatrical merits and argues that it dramatises the ills of marriage in early modern England, shown by Farquhar to be more injurious to the wife than to the husband, and calls for a reform of the divorce laws.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, approx 4 b&w photos
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:30/11/2005
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- ISBN:9780713670004
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, approx 4 b&w photos
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:30/11/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780713670004
