The Complete Plays Of William Wycherley New York University Press 1967

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The Complete Plays Of William Wycherley

The complete plays of this Restoration dramatist: Love in a Wood; The Gentleman-Dancing Master; The Country-Wife; The Plain-Dealer with notes and variants by Gerald Weales. William Wycherley (c.1640 – 1715) was an English dramatist, best known for the plays The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer. The Country Wife is a comedy written in 1675, a product of the tolerant early Restoration period, the play reflects an aristocratic and anti-Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness even in its own time. The Plain Dealer is a comedy, first performed on 11 December 1676. The play is based on Molière's Le Misanthrope, and is generally considered Wycherley's finest work along with The Country Wife.

Features;

• The Stuart Editions
• Publisher New York University Press, New York; 1967
• Black Cloth Hardback with Gilt Titles and Decoration, 534 pp
• Size 1.2kg

Condition: Very Good – Good Clipped Jacket In Protective Sleeve, No Inscriptions, Very Good Copy

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