The Man of Mode (Drama Classics) - Softcover

Etherege, George

 
9781854599650: The Man of Mode (Drama Classics)

Synopsis

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The best comedy of manners written in England before Congreve, The Man of Mode was first staged in 1676 and contains all the classic ingredients of Restoration Comedy: adultery, intrigue, gossip - as well as the first and greatest of the Restoration fops, Sir Fopling Flutter.

This edition, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is edited by Trevor Griffiths, presenting the complete text, uncluttered by footnotes, with a full introduction setting out the historical context.

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About the Author

Sir George Etherege (c.1636–1692) was an English dramatist, author of plays including The Comical Revenge or, Love in a Tub (1664), She Would if She Could (1668), and The Man of Mode (1676).

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