Popular Plays by Women in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century

Tanya M. Caldwell is Associate Professor of English at Georgia State University.

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Aphra Behn, The Emperor of the Moon (1687)
Susanna Centlivre, The Gamester (1705)
Catherine Clive, The Rehearsal; or, Bays in Petticoats (1753)
by Noel Chevalier
Hannah Cowley, The Runaway (1776)

THE EMPEROR OF THE MOON

THE GAMESTER

THE REHEARSAL; OR, BAYS IN PETTICOATS.
EDITED BY NOEL CHEVALIER

THE RUNAWAY

A MISCELLANY OF CRITICISM BY WOMEN
DRAMATISTS



Aphra Behn, Epistle to the Reader,
The Dutch Lover: A Comedy (1673)
Aphra Behn, Prologue, The Forced Marriage;
Or, The Jealous Bridegroom (1670)
Aphra Behn, Preface, The Luckey Chance;
Or, An Alderman’s Bargain (1686)
Aphra Behn, “To the Reader,” Sir Patient Fancy (1678)
Aphra Behn, Epilogue, Sir Patient Fancy (1678)
Delariviere Manley, Preface, The Lost Lover;
Or, The Jealous Husband: A Comedy (1696)
Delariviere Manley, “To the Author of Agnes de Castro” (1696)
Catharine Trotter, Prologue, Agnes de Castro: A Tragedy (1696)
Susanna Centlivre, Dedication,
The Platonick Lady: A Comedy (1707)
Mary Leapor, “Upon Her Play being returned to her,
stained with Claret” (1751)

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