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Originally composed and published in 1981, this second book makes
up two volumes of the plays of George Colman the Younger.
Versatile, industrious, talented, Goerge Colman the Younger
(1762-1836) followed Sheridan as England's most popular playwright.
He wrote not only monologues, farces, pantomimes, comic operas, and
straight comedies, but also hybrid three-act anticipations of
melodrama.
Originally composed and published in 1981, this second book makes
up two volumes of the plays of George Colman the Younger.
Versatile, industrious, talented, Goerge Colman the Younger
(1762-1836) followed Sheridan as England's most popular playwright.
He wrote not only monologues, farces, pantomimes, comic operas, and
straight comedies, but also hybrid three-act anticipations of
melodrama.
Originally composed and published in 1981, this second book makes
up two volumes of the plays of George Colman the Younger.
Versatile, industrious, talented, Goerge Colman the Younger
(1762-1836) followed Sheridan as England's most popular playwright.
He wrote not only monologues, farces, pantomimes, comic operas, and
straight comedies, but also hybrid three-act anticipations of
melodrama.
Originally composed and published in 1981, this second book makes
up two volumes of the plays of George Colman the Younger.
Versatile, industrious, talented, Goerge Colman the Younger
(1762-1836) followed Sheridan as England's most popular playwright.
He wrote not only monologues, farces, pantomimes, comic operas, and
straight comedies, but also hybrid three-act anticipations of
melodrama.
The Rivals and Polly Honeycombe revolve around young women who wish
the world would conform to novelistic convention. Unlike most
eighteenth-century heroines keen on novel reading, however, Lydia
Languish and Polly Honeycombe are neither deluded nor in any real
danger. Rather, they inhabit a world in which everyone is engaged
in some sort of quixotic performance; the more appealing characters
are just willing to admit it. Both farcical and wise, these plays
teasingly celebrate the perennial appeal of fiction, while never
letting us forget how much it relies upon the everyday rituals of
performance. The introduction to this Broadview edition explores
the interrelations between print and performance in the eighteenth
century, including a detailed and well-illustrated account of what
it was like to go to the theatre. Appendices include material on
the original casts, the often dubious reputation of novel reading
and circulating libraries, Sheridan's high-profile elopement with
Elizabeth Linley (which made him a celebrity before he ever staged
a word), and the narrative possibilities conjured up by setting The
Rivals in the resort city of Bath.
The Modern Husband * The Clandestine Marriage * She Stoops to
Conquer * Wild Oats This edition brings together four
eighteenth-century comedies that illustrate the full variety of the
century's drama. Fielding's The Modern Husband , written before the
1737 Licensing Act that restricted political and social comment,
depicts wife-pandering and widespread social corruption. In Garrick
and Colman's The Clandestine Marriage two lovers marry in defiance
of parental wishes and rue the consequences. She Stoops to Conquer
explores the comic and not-so-comic consequences of mistaken
identity, and in Wild Oats, the 'strolling player' Rover is a
beacon of hope at a time of unrest. Part of the Oxford English
Drama series, this edition has modern-spelling texts, critical
introduction, wide-ranging annotation and an informative
bibliography. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's
Classics has made available the widest range of literature from
around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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