Restoration Plays (Everyman's Library #604, Poetry & Drama series)
$19.50 USD • Used
A 1957 reprint of the 1932 revised Everyman's Library edition. Drama reappeared following England's Interregnum of 1649-1660, during which the country's theatres had been closed. These seven trage...
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A 1957 reprint of the 1932 revised Everyman's Library edition. Drama reappeared following England's Interregnum of 1649-1660, during which the country's theatres had been closed. These seven tragedies and comedies are representative of the vitality of the theatre during this Restoration period. Includes: "All for Love" by John Dryden, "The Country Wife" by William Wycherley, "The Way of the World" by William Congreve, "Venice Preserved" by Thomas Otway, "The Beaux-Stratagem" by George Farquhar, "The Provoked Wife" by Sir John Vanbrugh, and "The Man of Mode" by Sir George Etherege. With an introduction by Sir Edmund Gosse. Entry 604 in Everyman's Library Poetry & Drama series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and gilt 'EL' in script at tail of spine; orange topstain. In light blue dust jacket with with 'Everyman's Library' surrounded by scrollwork to front panel. --- With prior owner's dated signature to front free endpaper, otherwise an unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Unpriced, unclipped dust jacket with a hint of spine sunning, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable clear plastic protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xvii, [2], 509, 10 (ads) pages
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Publisher: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Year: 1957
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
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