
The Relapse
John Vanbrugh(Author)
Bernard Harris(Editor)
Methuen Drama (Publisher)
Published on 28. April 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7136-2887-6 (ISBN)
Description
Written in defiance of Jeremy Collier and the budding fashion for sentimental drama, this late Restoration comedy exposes the reformed rake Loveless to the temptations of London and the charms of a merry widow, neither of which he is able to withstand. More memorable than the straying husband, however, is Restoration comedy's ultimate follower of fashion, Lord Foppington, who defends himself in the Epilogue by observing that no highwayman or Jacobite was ever well dressed. As the introduction to this edition argues, Sir John Vanbrugh - dramatist, architect and member of the influential Kit Cat Club - presents courtship and marriage not only with cynicism, but also with moral bravery and social impudence; qualities not much in evidence in his sentimental rivals.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
c 5 photographs/line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7136-2887-6 (9780713628876)
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The Relapse
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The Relapse
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