The Beau Defeated; Or, the Lucky Younger Brother

by Mary Pix

Mary Pix (1666-1709) was an English novelist and playwright. While living in London and when she was 30, she became a professional writer, with her tragedy Ibrahim (1695-6). She was quite successful in her professional life, and most of her plays had a good reputation amongst the audience. Her tragedies were quite popular because she managed to mix extreme action with melting love scenes. But her best pieces are her comedies, with their lively action, double plots, intrigues, confusion, songs, dances and disguises. Pix produced one novel and seven plays. There are four other plays that were published anonymously that are generally attributed to her. Amongst her works are The Inhumane Cardinal; or, Innocence Betrayed (1696), The Spanish Wives (1696), The Beau Defeated; or, The Lucky Younger Brother (1700) and The Double Distress (1701).

Genres: Plays

88 pages, Paperback

First published May 16, 2008

About the author

Mary Pix (1666 – 17 May 1709) was an English novelist and playwright. As an admirer of Aphra Behn and colleague of Susanna Centlivre, Pix has been called "a link between women writers of the Restoration and Augustan periods".

Reviews

[Emma Hailey · Rating 3 out of 5]

meh. probably would enjoy watching it more.

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars

(5 stars to the production at the Swan theatre in Startford which shows that you can do so much with this play.)

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

For what it's worth, on the more straightforward and enjoyable 17th C comedies