Eighteenth-Century Women Dramatists

These four plays, written by women dramatists during the Restoration, are now available in a single edition. This volume includes Mary Pix's The Innocent Mistress, Susanna Centlivre's The Busy-Body, Elizabeth Griffith's The Times, and Hannah Cowley's The Belle's Stratagem; thereby introducing readers to some of the earliest published women dramatists. The text is freshly edited using modern spelling. The critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and informative bibliography illuminate the plays' cultural context and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike.

• Author
• Melinda Finberg, Susanna Centlivre, Mary Pix, Elizabeth Griffith, Hannah Cowley

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 448

• Publisher
• Oxford University Press, USA

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780192827296

• Genres
• plays, classics, drama

• Release date
• 2001