The Rover And Other Plays Av Aphra Behn

The Rover, or The Banish'd Cavaliers is the most popular play by the Restoration playwright and spy Aphra Behn, first performed in 1677. The play follows the wild exploits of a group of English gentlemen in Naples at carnival time, although many...

<b>"We are bought and sold like apes or monkeys, to be the sport of women, fools, and cowards, and the support of rogues"</b><p>When Prince Oroonoko’s passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather,...

Increasingly Aphra Behn¿the first woman professional writer¿is also regarded as one of the most important writers of the 17th century. The Rover, her most famous and most accomplished play, is in many ways firmly in the tradition of Restoration drama;...

Three of the most popular Restoration comedies in one volume, all dealing with the place of women in society.