Restoration Drama: An Anthology

by David Womersley (Editor)

This new anthology provides seventeen key plays by twelve dramatists of the Restoration period in an anthology designed specifically for course use, with annotations and judiciously modernized texts. It offers a representative sampling of the types of play of the period, including plays by both men and women - sex comedy, moral comedy, heroic drama, Shakespearean adaptation and political history.

848 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

David Womersley, Ph.D., (Trinity College, Cambridge University, 1983; B.A., Trinity, 1979), is the Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, and a professorial fellow of St Catherine's College.

Reviews

[Zanna Frith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really thoughtful selection of plays from the Restoration period. The Country Wife and The Beaux Stratagem were both very clever and funny.

[christine. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my main textbook for Plays, Players, Playgoers: London, 1600-1700. We're currently reading Love's Last Shift from here, by Cibber.

[sologdin · Rating 3 out of 5]

not sure if I prefer lord foppington or sir fopling flutter.

[Teah · Rating 4 out of 5]

a great collection of plays that should be read more