Eighteenth-century Women DramatistsMelinda C. Finberg Oxford University Press, 2001 - 380 pages These four plays, written by women dramatists during the Restoration, are now available in a single edition. This volume includes Mary Pix's The Innocent Mistress, Susanna Centlivre's The Busy-Body, Elizabeth Griffith's The Times, and Hannah Cowley's The Belle's Stratagem; thereby introducing readers to some of the earliest published women dramatists. The text is freshly edited using modern spelling. The critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and informative bibliography illuminate the plays' cultural context and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | viii |
Note on the Texts | xlviii |
THE INNOCENT MISTRESS I | 7 |
THE BUSYBODY | 75 |
Explanatory Notes | 281 |
Glossary | 372 |
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Eighteenth-Century Women Dramatists Mary Pix,Susanna Centlivre,Elizabeth Griffith,Hannah Cowley Limited preview - 2008 |
Eighteenth-Century Women Dramatists Mary Pix,Susanna Centlivre,Elizabeth Griffith,Hannah Cowley Limited preview - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
Aphra Behn Arabella audience BEAUMONT beauty BELFORD Belle's Stratagem Bellinda Bromley Centlivre's character charming CHEATALL Colonel Mountfort comedy COURTALL Cowley's dear devil DORICOURT dress Dresswell Drury Lane eighteenth-century Elizabeth Griffith Enter Sir Eugenia Exeunt Exit fashionable father fellow FLUTTER FLYWIFE fool Garrick Gentil gentleman give Hannah Cowley happy Hardy heart honour hope husband ISABINDA JENNY LADY BEAUCLAIR Lady Frances Lady Mary Lady Mary's LETITIA London look Lord Louisa lover LYWELL madam MARPLOT marriage married Mary Pix mask masquerade matter MIRANDA MISS OGLE mistress never Patch PEGGY Pix's play RACKET Restoration comedy SAVILLE scene Scentwell Searchwell servant Sir Charles Beauclair Sir Francis Wildlove Sir George Airy SIR JEALOUS SIR WILLIAM Spanish speak SPENDALL stage sure Susanna Centlivre tell theatre thee there's thou VILLERS What's whilst Whisper wife wish woman Woodley young
References to this book
The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre, 1730-1830 Jane Moody,Daniel O'Quinn No preview available - 2007 |