Aphra Behn Stages the Social Scene in the Restoration Theatre
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

ix

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

Chronology

xv

Introduction

1

Chapter 1: ‘The Fulsom Gingle of the Times’

7

Witness Behn

8

Witness Pepys

20

Witness Jeffrey Boys

25

Witness the King

30

The Verdict

37

Chapter 2: ‘Like Good Tradesmen’

47

The Changing Scene

48

Illusion of Reality

51

A Paradoxical Relationship

53

The Early Repertoire

57

The Critical Ear

59

Behn’s Conformation

70

Chapter 3: ‘The Best Divertisement that Wise Men Have’

83

Personal Invective

84

Satirical Cynicism

90