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Love for Love

by William Congreve from 1695

About

Congreve's 1695 comedy — his most popular in his own time — follows Valentine Legend, who feigns madness to avoid paying his debts and signing away his inheritance, generating a comic plot of considerable elegance and wit. The play is more immediately theatrical than The Way of the World and offers the same verbal density at a slightly faster pace. The character of Ben the sailor — returned from sea with no understanding of social convention — provides rustic comedy alongside the urbane wit, and the fortune-teller Foresight adds satirical commentary on astrology. Kean, Garrick, and virtually every great male comic actor of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries played Valentine.

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Love for Love

Characters
17
Words
27.2k
Acts
5
Scenes
19
Duration
~3 hr 24 min

Characters

#CharacterPlayerLines
1
SCAN
—
174
2
VAL
—
168
3
TATT
—
139
4
SIR SAMP
—
120
5
ANG
—
97
6
FORE
—
96
7
MRS. FRAIL
—
87
8
JERE
—
75

75 sections

27.2k words
#TitleWords
Act I
1
Act I.—Scene I.
1k7:46
2
Act I.—Scene I. Scene II.
5263:57
3
Act I.—Scene I. Scene III.
1310:59
4
Act I.—Scene I. Scene IV.
1701:17
5
Act I.—Scene I. Scene V.
4503:23
6
Act I.—Scene I. Scene VI.
1000:45
7
Act I.—Scene I. Scene VII.
1421:04
8
Act I.—Scene I. Scene VIII.
2481:52
9
Act I.—Scene I. Scene IX.
330:15
10
Act I.—Scene I. Scene X.
1791:21
11
Act I.—Scene I. Scene XI.
8856:38
12
Act I.—Scene I. Scene XII.
170:08
13
Act I.—Scene I. Scene XIII.
2401:48
14
Act I.—Scene I. Scene XIV.
9316:59
15
Act I.—Scene I. Scene XIV.
1481:07
Act II
16
Act II.—Scene I.
1080:49
17
Act II.—Scene I. Scene II.
2201:39
18
Act II.—Scene I. Scene III.
8876:39
19
Act II.—Scene I. Scene IV.
780:35
20
Act II.—Scene I. Scene V.
7996:00
21
Act II.—Scene I. Scene VI.
630:28
22
Act II.—Scene I. Scene VII.
1.1k8:29
23
Act II.—Scene I. Scene VIII.
710:32
24
Act II.—Scene I. Scene IX.
7585:41
25
Act II.—Scene I. Scene X.
4253:11
26
Act II.—Scene I. Scene XI.
4073:03
Act III
27
Act III.—Scene I.
1050:47
28
Act III.—Scene I. Scene II.
560:25
29
Act III.—Scene I. Scene III.
1.3k9:54
30
Scene IV.
1771:20
31
Scene V.
2962:13
32
Scene VI.
7045:17
33
Scene VII.
4913:41
34
Scene VIII.
1731:18
35
Scene IX.
2041:32
36
Scene X.
2862:09
37
Scene XI.
4973:44
38
Scene XII.
3602:42
39
Scene XIII.
1661:15
40
Scene XIV.
4533:24
41
Scene XV.
3732:48
42
Iii.
2191:39
Act IV
43
Act IV.—Scene I.
1671:15
44
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene II.
2501:53
45
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene III.
3672:45
46
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene IV.
1471:06
47
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene V.
2832:07
48
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene VI.
2992:15
49
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene VII.
1891:25
50
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene VIII.
2021:31
51
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene IX.
650:29
52
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene X.
2361:46
53
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene XI.
1351:01
54
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene XII.
4383:17
55
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene XIII.
8066:03
56
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene XIV.
2692:01
57
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene XV.
6725:02
58
Act IV.—Scene I. Scene XVI.
6504:53
59
Ii.
1000:45
60
Scene XVII.
1020:46
61
Scene XVIII.
3012:15
62
Scene XIX.
3232:25
63
Scene XX.
1070:48
64
Scene XXI.
1581:11
Act V
65
Act V.—Scene I.
770:35
66
Act V.—Scene I. Scene II.
1.3k10:03
67
Act V.—Scene I. Scene III.
4933:42
68
Act V.—Scene I. Scene IV.
1671:15
69
Act V.—Scene I. Scene V.
3882:55
70
Act V.—Scene I. Scene VI.
280:13
71
Act V.—Scene I. Scene VII.
1331:00
72
Act V.—Scene I. Scene VIII.
2842:08
73
Act V.—Scene I. Scene IX.
2111:35
74
Act V.—Scene I. Scene X.
3202:24
75
Act V.—Scene I. Scene XI.
1.4k10:52

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