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The Busybody is the most popular comedy by the eighteenth-century
playwright Susanna Centlivre. The play centres on two couples
trying to form a relationship against the wills of their guardians,
and in a battle of wits, playing with many conventions from theatre
traditions across the continent, a conclusion is eventually
reached. Like her predecessor Aphra Behn, Centlivre was immensely
successful in her day, drawing huge crowds to extended runs of her
numerous plays, but the stabbing male pens of the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries decried her work as being louche and dangerous,
and her name slowly sunk into obscurity. This edition, published
with William Hazlitt's prefatory note and extra material on
Centlivre's life and writing, seeks to highlight the dexterity with
which she took on the stage.
Over the last three decades Afghanistan has been plagued by crisis
- from Soviet invasion in 1979 and Taliban rule to US invasion
following the events of 9/11. Here the top specialists on
Afghanistan, including Olivier Roy, Ahmad Rashid and Jonathan
Goodhand, provide a unique overview of the evolution, causes and
future of the Afghan crisis. Covering political and military events
and examining the role of ethnic groups, religious and ideological
factors and the role of the leaders and war chiefs of the period -
from the anti-Soviet resistance to the presidency of Hamid Karzai -
this book will prove essential reading to all interested in
Afghanistan and the wider Middle East region. Examining recent
events in the light of the country's economy, Afghan civil society,
cultural heritage and state reconstruction attempts, this is a
comprehensive and diverse look at a country whose recent history
has been marked by internal conflicts and foreign intervention.
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