She Stoops to Conquer and Other Comedies

by Goldsmith, Oliver; Fielding, Henry; Garrick, David; Colman, George; O'Keeffe, John; Wood, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9780199553884
• ISBN10: 0199553882
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Modern Husband * The Clandestine Marriage * She Stoops to Conquer * Wild Oats This edition brings together four eighteenth-century comedies that illustrate the full variety of the century's drama. Fielding's The Modern Husband , written before the 1737 Licensing Act that restricted political and social comment, depicts wife-pandering and widespread social corruption. InGarrick and Colman's The Clandestine Marriage two lovers marry in defiance of parental wishes and rue the consequences. She Stoops to Conquer explores the comic and not-so-comic consequences of mistaken identity, and in Wild Oats, the 'strolling player' Rover is a beacon of hope at a time ofunrest. Part of the Oxford English Drama series, this edition has modern-spelling texts, critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation and an informative bibliography.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Select Bibliography

Henry Fielding

The Modern Husband

David Garrick and George Colman

The Clandestine Marriage

Oliver Goldsmith

She Stoops To Conquer

John O'Keeffe

Wild Oats

Explanatory Notes

Glossary

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