The Rover

by Aphra Behn, Robyn Bolam

Overview

The first English woman to earn her living by writing, Aphra Behn combined dramatic genius and training with personal experience that gave her rare insights into manners and roles. A comic satire, The Rover roamed the English stage for a century and has been rediscovered in our own time as a theatrical masterpiece of wit and daring.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780713666717
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/01/2007
Series:	New Mermaids Series
Edition description:	New
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.04(w) x 7.79(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Anne Russell is Associate Professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University and a specialist in 17th-century drama.

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

1. From the “Epistle Dedicatory” to the Second Part of The Rover
2. From “A Pastoral to Mr. Stafford…”

Appendix B: From Early Accounts of Behn’s Life

1. From Female Forms of Several Occasions. Written by Ephelia
2. From Gerard Langbaine, An Account of the English Dramatick Poets
3. From “The History of the Life and Memoirs of Mrs. Behn”
4. From The Poetical Register
5. From A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical

Appendix C: Adaptation

1. Excerpt from J.P. Kemble’s adaptation of The Rover, Love in Many Masks

Editorial Reviews

This well-conceived edition of Aphra Behn’s The Rover begins with a lively, thorough and intelligent introduction to the play. The scholarly work is indispensable.” — Heidi Hutner, Hunter College, City University of New York

From the Publisher

"This well-conceived edition of Aphra Behn's The Rover begins with a lively, thorough and intelligent introduction to the play. The scholarly work is indispensable."

Heidi Hutner CUNY