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portada British and American Playwrights 15 Volume Paperback Set: Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy Paperback
Type
Physical Book
Author
Year
1984
Language
English
Pages
248
Format
Paperback
ISBN
0521284678
ISBN13
9780521284677
Edition No.
1

British and American Playwrights 15 Volume Paperback Set: Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy Paperback

Taylor (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Paperback

British and American Playwrights 15 Volume Paperback Set: Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy Paperback - Taylor

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Synopsis "British and American Playwrights 15 Volume Paperback Set: Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy Paperback"

For this volume George Taylor has edited five plays by two largely forgotten eighteenth-century playwrights, Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy. The plays are The Minor and The Nabob by Foote and The Citizen, Three Weeks after Marriage and Know Your Own Mind by Murphy. All, apart from the last, are two- or three-act farces, the main popular fare of the eighteenth-century theatre. They are still eminently playable today, each exploring a different aspect of London society. Both playwrights have an acute ear for amusing and socially revealing dialogue, with a deft sense of situation comedy. Foote was an important theatre manager who established the success of the Haymarket Theatre by his particular brand of satire and mimicry. Had Murphy been more assiduous in his theatrical career and maintained good relations with David Garrick, his reputation as a dramatist might now have ranked him alongside Goldsmith and Sheridan.

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