The Theatre of Aphra Behn

The Theatre of Aphra Behn
ISBN-10
023059770X
ISBN-13
9780230597709
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
230
Language
English
Published
2001-02-20
Publisher
Springer
Author
D. Hughes

Description

During the nineteen years of her play-writing career, Aphra Behn had far more new plays staged than anyone else. This book is the first to examine all her theatrical work. It explains her often dominant place in the complex theatrical culture of Charles II's reign, her divided political sympathies, and her interests as a free-thinking intellectual. It also reveals her as a brilliant theatrical practitioner, who used the seen as richly and significantly as the spoken.

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