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11The Beggar's Opera — is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today. Ballad operas were satiric… …
12The Marriage of Figaro (play) — The Marriage of Figaro Title page from the first edition of The Marriage of Figaro Written by Pierre Beaumarchais Characters …
13The Sparrow (play) — The Sparrow is a 1967 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It has since been withdrawn from production by Ayckbourn.An unassuming bus conductor, Ed, arrives at his London flat with Evie, both drenched by a storm, having met at a dance hall …
14The Court Beggar — is a Caroline era stage play written by Richard Brome. It was most likely premiered in 1638, by the acting company known as Beeston s Boys at the Cockpit Theatre. The play is a satire of various aspects of the court of King Charles I. This satire …
15The Travels of the Three English Brothers — is an early Jacobean era stage play, an adventure drama written in 1607 by John Day, William Rowley, and George Wilkins. The drama was based on the true life experiences of the three Shirley brothers, Sir Anthony Shirley, Sir Thomas Shirley, and… …
16The Sparagus Garden — is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy by Richard Brome. It was the greatest success of Brome s career, and one of the major theatrical hits of its period.Performance and publication The Sparagus Garden was acted by the King s Revels Men at the… …
17The Fatal Dowry — is a late Jacobean era stage play, a tragedy written by Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, and first published in 1632. It represents a significant aspect of Field s very limited dramatic output.Though hard evidence in lacking, the play is though …
18The Late Lancashire Witches — is a Caroline era stage play, written by Thomas Heywood and Richard Brome, published in 1634. The play is a topical melodrama on the subject of the witchcraft controversy that arose in Lancashire in 1633. [Laird H. Barber Jr., The Late Lancashire …
19The Gamester — is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy of manners written by James Shirley, premiered in 1633 and first published in 1637. The play is noteworthy for its realistic and detailed picture of gambling in its era.The play was licensed for performance… …
20The Country Wife — is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley. A product of the tolerant early Restoration period, the play reflects an aristocratic and anti Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness even in its own time …
