The confederacy a comedy : alter'd from Sr. John Vanbrugh, [late 18th century].

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The confederacy a comedy : alter'd from Sr. John Vanbrugh, [late 18th century].

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Manuscript adaptation of Vanbrugh's play of 1705, itself an adaptation of Flourent-Carton Dancourt's "Bourgoises a la mode" of 1692. The play is farcical representation of middle-class citizens attempting to act like nobility. A verse prologue states that this is the author's first attempt at adaptation, which he has completed because "the wit of Vanbrugh is now out of fashion: language and humour vary with the times."

1 v. (ca. 200 p.) ; 26 x 19 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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