The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I

by Aphra Behn from c. 1677–1687 (Behn Vol. I)

About

Aphra Behn was the first professional woman playwright in English literary history, and this volume collects some of her most vital work for the Restoration stage. Her comedies — sharp, frank, and formally dazzling — challenged contemporary norms about both gender and artistic authorship at every turn. Behn's plays were enormously popular in her lifetime but were suppressed for nearly two centuries after her death, partly on grounds of impropriety and partly because of discomfort with her identity as a woman writer. The twentieth century's rediscovery of her work fundamentally reshaped our understanding of Restoration drama. Virginia Woolf wrote that 'all women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn.'

Comedy genre:restoration Restoration Witty Playful Romanticen

Characters: 166
Words: 82.6k
Acts: 5
Scenes: 6
Duration: ~10 hr 20 min

Characters

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Will

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520

Alon

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259

Blunt

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178

Lov

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167

Belv

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149

Feth

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149

Hau

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148

Mar

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125

70 sections

82.6k words

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Scene 1

3122:20

Scene LXIV

1631:13

Act iii

Act iii require, stripped to his very drawers.

510:23

Prologue,

1260:57

Act I

Act I. Scene I. A chamber.

1.9k14:03

Act I. Scene II. A Long Street.

2.9k22:05

Act II

Act II. Scene I. The Long Street.

1.4k10:48

Ii.

7665:45

Scene II. A Fine Chamber.

1.3k9:54

Act III

Act III. Scene I. A Street.

2.6k19:25

Act III. Scene II. _Lucetta’s_ House.

7585:41

Act III. Scene III. The Garden, in the Night.

7365:31

Act III. Scene IV. Changes to the Street.

5384:02

Act IV

Act IV. Scene I. A fine Room.

6284:43

Act IV. Scene II. The Molo.

3k22:21

Act IV. Scene III. A Street.

2.1k15:34

Act V

Act V. Scene I. Blunt’s Chamber.

4.6k34:28

Act V: Scene i

3292:28

Act I

Act I. Scene I. A Street.

4k29:56

Act II

Act II. Scene I. The Street.

3.1k23:28

Act II. Scene II. Changes to a fine Chamber.

1.2k9:08

Act III

Act III. Scene I. A House.

3.4k25:18

Act IV

Act IV. Scene I. The Street, or Backside of the Piazza dark.

3.5k26:13

Act V

Act V. Scene I. A Chamber.

1.1k8:17

Act V. Scene II. The Street.

3702:47

Act V. Scene III. Willmore’s Lodging.

3k22:24

Act V: Scene iiia

1491:07

Act I

Act I: Scene i

50:02

Act I: Scene ia

220:10

Act III

Act III: Scene i

1.1k8:25

Act I

Act I. Scene I. A Street.

6795:06

Act I. Scene II. _Ambrosio’s_ House.

1.3k9:33

Act I. Scene III. A Grove.

1.3k9:42

Act II

Act II. Scene I. The Street.

6424:49

Act II. Scene II. The Scene changes to a Chamber.

8226:10

Act II. Scene III. A Street.

6234:40

Act II. Scene IV. Changes to a dark Hall.

3192:24

Act II. Scene V. Changes to the Street. Discovers _Alonzo_ alone.

1791:21

Act II. Scene VI. Chamber of _Cleonte_.

1k7:48

Scene VII. The Street.

8116:05

Act III

Act III. Scene I. House of _Carlo_.

1.7k12:49

Act III. Scene II. A flat Grove.

9016:45

Act III. Scene III. Draws off. A Grove.

1.2k8:54

Act III. Scene IV. The Garden.

1k7:48

Act IV

Act IV. Scene I. _Carlo’s_ House.

2.2k16:30

Act IV. Scene II. The Street.

1.3k9:57

Act IV. Scene III. A deep Grove.

1.9k14:15

Act V

Act V. Scene I. A Garden.

3.2k24:14

Act V. Scene II. _Carlo’s_ House.

1.8k13:14

Act V: Scene iia

7145:21

Prologue,

1260:57

Act I

Act I. Scene I. The Street.

1.5k11:32

Act I. Scene II. A Chamber in _Lambert’s_ House.

1.3k9:55

Act II

Act II. Scene I. A Chamber of State in _Lambert’s_ House.

2.2k16:31

Act III

Act III. Scene I. A Council-Chamber, great Table, Chairs, and Papers.

2.3k17:32

Act III. Scene II. A Chamber in Lady _Desbro’s_ House.

5243:56

Act IV

Act IV. Scene I. A Chamber in La. _Desbro’s_ House. Candles, and Lights.

1.1k8:24

Act IV. Scene II. A fine Chamber in La. _Lambert’s_ House.

2832:07

Act IV. Scene III. A great Chamber of State, and Canopy in _Lambert’s_ House.

5323:59

Act IV. Scene IV. Flat.

6955:13

Act V

Act V. Scene I. A Street.

9196:54

Act V. Scene II. Changes to a Chamber in La. _Lambert’s_ House.

1.2k8:51

Act V. Scene III. The Street.

4333:15

Act V. Scene IV. A Chamber in _Lambert’s_ House.

1471:06

Act V. Scene V. A Street; a great Bonfire, with Spits, and Rumps roasting, and

2301:44

Act V: Scene v