Behn Five Plays (World Classics)

Behn Five Plays (World Classics)

by Aphra Behn (Author), Aphra Behn (Author)

Synopsis

Aphra Behn was among the wittiest and most prolific playwrights of her day The Widow Ranter is a tragi-comedy, The False Count concerns the marriage of a young woman to a much older man whilst The Lucky Chance ran into instant criticism for immorality. The Rover is her most famous comedy and Abdelazar is her only tragedy. Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common...All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn. (Virginia Woolf on Aphra Behn)

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 488
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 10 Dec 1990

ISBN 10: 041317090X
ISBN 13: 9780413170903

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Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn. Virginia Woolf on Aphra Behn
Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common...All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn. --Virginia Woolf on Aphra Behn
Author Bio
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was a prolific play, novel and poetry writer of the English Restoration and was one of the first female English professional writers. Her plays include The Forced Marriage, The Amorous Prince, The Dutch Lover, Abdelazer, The Town Fop, The Rover, Sir Patient Fancy, The Feigned Courtesans, The Young King, The False Count, The Roundheads, The City Heiress, Like Father, Like Son, The Lucky Chance, and The Emperor of the Moon.