This collection of four plays spans his career as a dramatist and contains "The Relapse" which contrasts two different marriages; "The Provok'd Wife" a study of hypocrisy; "The Confederacy" a comedy of provoked husbands; "A Journey to London" which reaffirms the supremacy of male passion.

Four Comedies

Literature & Fiction

Vanbrugh, John

Dramas & Plays

Penguin Classics

<p>John Vanbrugh (1664-1726), one of the principal Restoration dramatists, is best known for comedies that capture the hilarious idiosyncrasies and unique subject matter of marital discord. This collection contains five of his most rollicking comedies on marital disharmony, edited to the high standard of the Oxford English Drama series in modernized spelling and including full notes and glossary. In addition to his most famous plays, The Relapse and The Provoked Wife, the collection also includes The Confederacy, A Journey to London, and The Country House. There is a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and an informative bibliography which together illuminate the plays' cultural context and theatrical potential.<br><br> The only selection of Vanbrugh's plays currently in print, this book is ideal for readers, performers and students alike.</p>

The Relapse and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)

Oxford University Press

John Vanbrugh (1664-1726), one of the principal Restoration dramatists, is best known for comedies that capture the hilarious idiosyncrasies and unique subject matter of marital discord. This collection contains five of his most rollicking comedies on marital disharmony, edited to the high standard of the Oxford English Drama series in modernized spelling and including full notes and glossary. In addition to his most famous plays, The Relapse and The Provoked Wife, the collection also includes The Confederacy, A Journey to London, and The Country House. There is a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and an informative bibliography which together illuminate the plays' cultural context and theatrical potential.The only selection of Vanbrugh's plays currently in print, this book is ideal for readers, performers and students alike.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum 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, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes:• The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards• Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings• Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-play• Critical, contextual and staging notes• Photographs of productions where applicable• A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading.Edited and updated by leading scholars and printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, New Mermaids offer invaluable guidance for actor, student, and theatre-goer alike.

The provoked wife (The New Mermaids)

Benn

The relapse;: Or, Virtue in danger; (The New mermaids)

The relapse; or, Virtue in danger

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The Provoked Wife: A Comedy (1777)

Kessinger Publishing

The provoked husband (Regents restoration drama series)

Arnold

In this late Restoration comedy Vanbrugh not only pushes the unhappily married couple, which had been good for no more than a raucous subplot in earlier comedies of manners, centre-stage - he also makes the audience sympathise with the wife: The only thing Sir John and Lady Brute agree on is that they ought not to have married each other; now he spends his time in drunken debauchery with his cronies, while she tries to withstand the advances of her admirer Constant. After a series of farcical accidents involving cross-dressing and the eternal lover-in-the-wardrobe, the couple end where they began. Since the scene in which Sir John disguises as a clergyman was deemed 'immoral and profane', an alternative scene (in its way equally profane) was written, in which he disguises as his own wife. This edition provides both versions and discusses the play's continuing popularity on the stage.

The Provoked Wife (New Mermaids)

Methuen Drama

In this late Restoration comedy Vanbrugh not only pushes the unhappilymarried couple, which had been good for no more than a raucous subplotin earlier comedies of manners, centre-stage - he also makes theaudience sympathise with the wife: The only thing Sir John and LadyBrute agree on is that they ought not to have married each other; nowhe spends his time in drunken debauchery with his cronies, while shetries to withstand the advances of her admirer Constant. After a seriesof farcical accidents involving cross-dressing and the eternallover-in-the-wardrobe, the couple end where they began. Since the scenein which Sir John disguises as a clergyman was deemed 'immoral andprofane', an alternative scene (in its way equally profane) waswritten, in which he disguises as his own wife. This edition providesboth versions and discusses the play's continuing popularity on thestage.

The Provoked Wife (Revels Plays)

Manchester Univ Pr

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Four Comedies

The Relapse and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)

The Relapse and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)

The provoked wife (The New Mermaids)

The relapse;: Or, Virtue in danger; (The New mermaids)

The relapse; or, Virtue in danger

The Provoked Wife: A Comedy (1777)

The provoked husband (Regents restoration drama series)

The Provoked Wife (New Mermaids)

The Provoked Wife (Revels Plays)