Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Note to the Second Edition Introduction
Aphra Behn’s Life and Career Sources of The Rover The Rover: Critical Issues Stage History Notes Selected Bibliography A Note on the Text
The Rover
Prologue The Actors’ Names Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Epilogue Post-Script
Textual Notes
Appendix A: Behn on her Work
- From the “Epistle Dedicatory” to the Second Part of The Rover
- From “A Pastoral to Mr. Stafford…”
Appendix B: From Early Accounts of Behn’s Life
- From Female Forms of Several Occasions. Written by Ephelia
- From Gerard Langbaine, An Account of the English Dramatick Poets
- From “The History of the Life and Memoirs of Mrs. Behn”
- From The Poetical Register
- From A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical
Appendix C: Adaptation
- Excerpt from J.P. Kemble’s adaptation of The Rover, Love in Many Masks
