~playauthor~Written by~
George Farquhar
,
Ann Blake
~playauthor~Edited by~
Ann Blake
Methuen Drama, 2005
New Mermaids
playtext
Acts: 5, Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (16), Female (5), Male (11), Unassigned (0)
...The Beaux’ Stratagem (1707) is George Farquhar’s last play: it premiered a month and a half before his untimely death aged 30, at the Queen’s Theatre in Haymarket, a new venue built by dramatist and architect John Vanbrugh on the Western...
Acts: 5, Scenes: 18, Roles: Total (18), Female (4), Male (14), Unassigned (0)
...Farquhar’s warm-hearted comedy combines satire and bonhomie to depict the army’s exploitation of sex, money, law and class in a provincial town.
The dashing Captain Plume, a recruiting officer for the Grenadiers, and his...