Download or read book William Wycherley and the Comedy of Fear written by John A. Vance and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a study of the four plays of William Wycherley - long considered one of England's most important playwrights especially of the theatrically rich Restoration period, 1660-1700. The subject of many a study by the period's leading scholars, Wycherley has been perceived as a vigorous satirist, setting out "quite openly to teach his audience" about a multitude of personal and social sins." "This study takes issue with such impressions. It argues that Wycherley was not so much an attacking playwright but rather a thinking one - little concerned with larger social, political, and moral matters but one fascinated instead by the workings and motivations of fallible and insecure men and women - by that which is constant, pervasive and obsessive."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book The Country Wife written by William Wycherley and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.' This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose husband believes she is too naïve to cuckold him; and an anti-hero, Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained access to the women keen on 'the sport'. A number of licentious and hypocritical women request Horner's services – the country wife among them. The Country Wife has provoked powerfully mixed reactions over the years. The seventeenth century libertine king Charles II saw it twice, and is said to have joined the 'dance of the cuckolds' at the end of one performance; the eighteenth century actor-playwright David Garrick declared it 'the most licentious play in the English language'; the Victorian Macaulay compared it to a skunk, because it was 'too filthy to handle and too noisome even to approach'. Twentieth century productions heralded it a Restoration masterpiece. Sexually frank, and as ready to criticise marriage as infidelity, the virtuosity, linguistic energy, brilliant wit, naughtiness and complexity of this ribald play have made it a staple of the modern stage. This student edition contains a lengthy, entirely new introduction, by leading scholar, Tiffany Stern, with a background on the author, structure, characters, genre, themes, original staging and performance history, as well as an updated bibliography and a fully annotated version of the playtext.

Download or read book The Plain Dealer written by William Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1768 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Country Wife and Other Plays written by William Wycherley and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism.Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a brilliant new dramatist.The Gentleman Dancing-Master, in contrast, disappointed contemporary audiences, but the central relationship between Hippolyta and Gerrard features an original and sympathetic study of a young woman's attitudes and feelings. The Country Wife is a sharp but also highly amusing attack on social and sexual hypocrisy. The Plain Dealer, a powerful dramatic satire loosely based on Moliere's Le Misanthrope, continues and enlarges Wycherley's assault on greed and corruption. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction, a note on staging, and detailed annotation. 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.

Download or read book THE PLAIN DEALER a COMEDY written by WYCHERLEY and published by . This book was released on 1750 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Plain Dealer A comedy The second edition Taken from Moli re s comedy Le Misanthrope written by William Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1686 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Plain Dealer A Comedy Etc in Five Acts in Prose and in Verse Taken from Moli re s Comedy Le Misanthrope written by William Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1677 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Plain dealer written by William Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Plain Dealer written by William Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1797 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Four Great Restoration Comedies written by William Wycherley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comedy classics that defined a new era in drama: The Country Wife by William Wycherley; The Man of Mode by Sir George Etheredge; The Rover by Aphra Behn; and The Relapse by Sir John Vanbrugh.

Download or read book The four plays of William Wycherley written by William R. Chadwick and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Plays Written by Mr William Wycherley written by William Wycherley and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four classic plays by one of England's greatest playwrights, this collection is sure to delight theater buffs and casual readers alike. With wit, humor, and a keen sense of human nature, Wycherley brings his characters to life on the stage, even centuries after their creation. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Double Dealer written by William Congreve and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Double-Dealer by William Congreve

Download or read book The Contrast written by Cynthia A. Kierner and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Contrast“, which premiered at New York City's John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born, Harvard-educated, Royall Tyler was timely, funny, and extremely popular. When the play appeared in print in 1790, George Washington himself appeared at the head of its list of hundreds of subscribers. Reprinted here with annotated footnotes by historian Cynthia A. Kierner, Tyler’s play explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. Did the American colonists' rejection of monarchy in 1776 mean they should abolish all European social traditions and hierarchies? What sorts of etiquette, amusements, and fashions were appropriate and beneficial? Most important, to be a nation, did Americans need to distinguish themselves from Europeans—and, if so, how? Tyler was not the only American pondering these questions, and Kierner situates the play in its broader historical and cultural contexts. An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.

Download or read book The Plain Dealer written by William Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Plain Dealer' is a comedy of no manners which attacks the double-dealing codes of Wycherly's society in all their varied guises; in the supercilious forms and slavish ceremonies of a Lord Plausible, whose empty compliments debase the currency in which true merit should be paid; in the malicious gossip of a school for friends; and even in the perversion of that great plain dealer, justice.

Download or read book The Plain Dealer written by William Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1720 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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