The early eighteenth century Irish playwright George Farquhar was an author of undisputed comic power, who stood out from his contemporaries for his originality of dialogue and a stage sense inspired from his experience as an actor. His Restoration comedy masterpieces ‘The Recruiting Officer’ and ‘The Beaux' Stratagem’ are among the finest plays of the period. In spite of his untimely death to tuberculosis at the age of twenty-nine, Farquhar left a lasting impression on the theatre world of London. His plays had introduced a verbal vigour and love of character that was more usually associated with Elizabethan dramatists of the century before. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Farquhar’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Farquhar’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All 8 plays, digitised here for the first time, with individual contents tables
* Rare poetry and prose appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Rare fiction, letters, prologues and poems
* The complete epic poem ‘Barcellona’, digitised here for the first time
* Features three biographies, including Guiney’s seminal study – discover Farquhar’s intriguing life
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

CONTENTS:

The Plays
Love and a Bottle (1698)
The Constant Couple (1700)
Sir Harry Wildair (1701)
The Twin Rivals (1702)
The Inconstant (1703)
The Stage Coach (1704)
The Recruiting Officer (1706)
The Beau’s Stratagem (1707)

The Poetry
Barcellona (1710)
Prologues and Epilogues to Other Playwrights’ Works
Miscellaneous Poetry

The Prose
The Adventures of Covent-Garden (1699)
Love and Business (1701)
Miscellaneous Prose

The Biographies
George Farquhar (1894) by Louise Imogen Guiney
George Farquhar (1900) by Leslie Stephen
George Farquhar (1911)