The relapse : The provoked wife ; The confederacy ; A journey to London ; The country house / John Vanbrugh ; edited with an introduction and notes by Brean Hammond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726

Contributor:

Hammond, Brean S., 1951-

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford English drama.

Oxford English drama

Oxford world's classics

Standardized Title:

Plays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--17th century.

English drama.

English drama--Restoration, 1660-1700.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edition contains five comedies on the theme of marital disharmony by the foremost Restoration playwright John Vanbrugh (1664-1726). In addition to the The Relapse it includes The Provoked Wife, The Confederacy, A Journey to London, and The Country House. Published in the Oxford English Drama series, it has modernized texts, a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and an informative bibliography. It is the only selection. of Vanbrugh's plays currently in print. - ;The Relapse * The Provoked Wife * The Confederacy * A Journey to London * The Country House. These five comedies on t

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Note on the Music in Vanbrugh's Plays; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of John Vanbrugh; THE RELAPSE; THE PROVOKED WIFE; THE CONFEDERACY; A JOURNEY TO LONDON; THE COUNTRY HOUSE; Explanatory Notes; Glossary;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Confederacy.

Country house.

Journey to London.

Provoked wife.

ISBN:

1-280-75322-6

0-19-151783-6

OCLC:

476257122