Or, /
by Liz Duffy Adams.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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New York : Dramatist's Play Service, c2010.
- Subjects
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Gwyn, Nell,
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Gwyn, Nell, /
1650-1687
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Gwyn, Nell, / 1650-1687 /
Drama.
Behn, Aphra,
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Behn, Aphra, /
1640-1689
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Behn, Aphra, / 1640-1689 /
Drama.
- Summary
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"OR, takes place (mostly) during one night in the life of Aphra Behn, poet, spy, and soon to be the first professional female playwright. Sprung from debtors' prison after a disastrous overseas mission, Aphra is desperate to get out of the spy trade. She has a shot at a production at one of only two London companies, if she can only finish her play by morning despite interruptions from sudden new love, actress Nell Gwynne; complicated royal love, King Charles II; and very dodgy ex-love, double-agent William Scot -- who may be in on a plot to murder the king in the morning. Can Aphra resist Nell's charms, save Charles' life, win William a pardon, and launch her career, all in one night? Against a background of a long drawn-out war and a counter-culture of free love, cross-dressing, and pastoral lyricism, the 1660s look a lot like the 1960s in this neo-Restoration comedy"--P. [4] of cover.
- Physical Description
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50 p. ;
20 cm.
- ISBN
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0822224585
9780822224587
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