The Female wits : women playwrights on the London stage 1660-1720
Title:
The Female wits : women playwrights on the London stage 1660-1720
JLCTITLE245:
Fidelis Morgan.
Publication Information:
London : Virago, 1981.
Physical Description:
xi, 468 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780860682318
Abstract:
"Six dazzling and sophisticated Restoration plays, rescued here from three centuries of obscurity, are prefaced by lucid and witty accounts of the dramatists' lives and the theatre of the time-- the whole offering an entirely new perspective on a brilliant and fascinating age."--Back cover.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-468).
Subject Term:
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Added Uniform Title Contained Work:
Female wits.
Variant Title:
Cover title: Female wits : women playwrights of the Restoration
Contents:
The lucky chance, or, An alderman's bargain / Aphra Behn -- The fatal friendship / Catharine Trotter -- The royal mischief / Mary Delarivier Manley -- The innocent mistress / Mary Pix -- The wonder! : a woman keeps a secret / Susannah Centlivre -- The female wits / Anonymous.
Chronological Term:
1660-1799