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The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume IV

by Aphra Behn from c. 1686–1696 (Behn Vol. IV)

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The fourth volume of Behn's collected works continues her output for the Restoration stage, showcasing the range and sophistication of England's first professional woman playwright. Behn wrote with an insider's knowledge of political intrigue — she had worked as a spy for Charles II — and her plays bring that worldliness to comedies of manners that rival Congreve and Wycherley for wit. This volume includes plays that were performed at Drury Lane and Dorset Garden Theatre before mixed and often enthusiastic audiences. Behn's reputation suffered badly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as standards of propriety tightened; her full rehabilitation came with the feminist criticism of the 1970s onward.

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The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume IV

Characters
103
Words
45.2k
Acts
5
Scenes
9
Duration
~5 hr 39 min

Characters

#CharacterPlayerLines
1
Geo
—
216
2
Lod
—
177
3
Wit
—
138
4
Prince
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112
5
Tim
—
99
6
Mir
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99
7
Oliv
—
93
8
Bac
—
91

62 sections

45.2k words
#TitleWords
1
Prologue,
1801:21
Act I
2
Act I. Scene I. A Room in Lady _Knowell’s_ House.
2.7k20:20
Act II
3
Act II. Scene I. A Garden to Sir _Patient Fancy’s_ House.
1.5k11:33
4
Act II. Scene II. Changes to a Chamber.
2021:31
Act III
5
Act III. Scene I.
1621:13
6
Act III. Scene II. Lady _Knowell’s_ Chamber.
4383:17
7
Act III. Scene III. A Garden.
780:35
8
Act III. Scene IV. _Draws off, and discovers L. _Fancy_ in her Night-gown, in a
1981:29
9
Act III. Scene V. Changes again to a Garden.
3282:28
10
Act III. Scene VI draws off to Lady _Fancy’s_ Anti-chamber.
450:20
11
Act III. Scene VII. _Changes to Lady _Fancy’s_ Bed-chamber, discovers her as
4203:09
12
Act III. Scene VIII. The Garden, _Wittmore_, _Fanny_, and _Isabella_.
2141:36
13
Act III. Scene IX. _Changes to the long Street, a Pageant of an Elephant coming
1801:21
Act IV
14
Act IV. Scene I. Lady _Knowell’s_ House.
1.9k14:36
15
Act IV. Scene II. _A Chamber in Sir _Patient Fancy’s_ House. A Table and
7825:52
16
Act IV. Scene III. A Hall.
3742:48
17
Act IV. Scene IV. _The Lady _Fancy’s_ Bed-Chamber; she’s discover’d with
2151:37
Act V
18
Act V. Scene I. _A Room in Sir _Patient Fancy’s_ House. A Table, and six
2.9k21:32
Act I
19
Act I. Scene I. The Chamber of _Cloris_.
280:13
20
Act I. Scene II. A Grove.
70:03
21
Act I. Scene III. The Apartment of _Antonio_.
920:41
Act II
22
Act II. Scene II. _Antonio’s_ House.
40:02
23
Act II. Scene III. The Street.
710:32
Act III
24
Act III. Scene I. A Room in _Salvator’s_ House.
60:03
25
Act III. Scene II. A Street.
640:29
Act IV
26
Act IV. Scene IV. A Street.
3312:29
27
Prologue,
2011:30
Act I
28
Act I. Scene I. A Room with several Tables.
2.5k19:00
29
Act I. Scene II. The Council-Table.
1.2k8:59
30
Act I. Scene III. _Surelove’s_ House.
1.2k8:54
Act II
31
Act II. Scene I. A Pavilion.
1.3k9:33
32
Act II. Scene II. The Widow _Ranter’s_ Hall.
1.1k8:33
33
Act II. Scene III. A _Sevana_, or large Heath.
6084:34
34
Act II. Scene IV. _The Council-Table_.
1.3k9:28
Act III
35
Act III. Scene I. The Country Court, a great Table, with Papers, a _Clerk
1.6k11:38
36
Act III. Scene II. The _Sevana_ or Heath.
2.2k16:31
Act IV
37
Act IV. Scene I. _A Temple, with an _Indian_ God placed upon it, Priests and
3972:59
38
Act IV. Scene II. _Shows a Field of Tents, seen at some distance through the
1.8k13:48
39
Act IV. Scene III. A Tent.
5984:29
Act V
40
Act V. Scene I. The _Sevana_ in sight of the Camp; the Moon rises.
7935:57
41
Act V. Scene II. Changes to _Wellman’s_ Tent.
4783:35
42
Act V. Scene III. A thick Wood.
9857:23
43
Act V. Scene IV. Changes to another part of the Wood.
4353:16
44
Act V. Scene V. A Grove near Madam _Surelove’s_.
5434:04
45
Prologue,
570:26
Act I
46
Act I. Scene I. A Chamber.
2.3k17:05
47
Act I. Scene II. A Chamber.
270:12
48
I.
3072:18
Act II
49
Act II. Scene I. Sir _Rowland’s_ Lodging.
5494:07
50
Act II. Scene II. A Chamber.
70:03
51
I.
1.2k8:51
52
Scene III. Another Chamber.
3942:57
Act III
53
Act III. Scene I. A rich Chamber.
1.3k10:02
54
Act III. Scene II. _A Chamber, and Alcove, discovers _Mirtilla_ and Prince
2732:03
55
Act III. Scene III. A Garden by Night still.
6484:52
Act IV
56
Act IV. Scene I. _The _Prince’s_ Lodgings_.
2k14:51
57
Act IV. Scene II. Draws off, discovers _Mirtilla_ at her Toylet, dress’d.
5504:08
58
Act IV. Scene III. Changes to Lady _Youthly’s_.
6915:11
Act V
59
Act V. Scene I. _Welborn’s_ Chamber.
4263:12
60
I.
4363:16
61
Scene III. A Chamber. Draws and discovers _Mirtilla_ and _Manage_.
1k7:40
62
Scene IV. _My Lady _Youthly’s_; Discovers her, and _Lettice_ dressing
3322:29

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