The Rover (play)
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The Rover or The Banish'd Cavaliers is a play in two parts, written in mixed prose, song lyric, and verse by the English author Aphra Behn. It is a revision of Thomas Killigrew's play Thomaso, or The
Masked Revellers by Giuseppe Bonito
2012 performance of The Rovers at Hudson Warehouse
Aphra Behn by Peter Lely ca. 1670
Restoration comedy
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Restoration comedy is English theatrical comedy written and performed in the Restoration period of 1660–1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym for this. After public stage performances were bann
The Rover (play)
…during the English Interregnum. The Rover premiered in 1677 to such success that Behn wrote a sequel that was produced in 1681. A popular example of Restoration comedy, the play earned an extended run, enabling Behn to make a fair income from it, receiving the proceeds from the box office every third night. Willmore…
Nell Gwynn was one of the first actresses and the mistress of Charles II.
John Vanbrugh, The Provoked Wife: "These are good times. A woman may have a gallant and a separate maintenance too."
The Rover by Aphra Behn is now a repertory favourite.