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The Recruiting Officer (Regents Restoration Drama Series) - Softcover

George Farquhar

 
9780803253575: The Recruiting Officer (Regents Restoration Drama Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803253575 ISBN 13: 9780803253575
Verlag: University of Nebraska Press, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

Since its first appearance in 1706, The Recruiting Officer has remained a scathing satire of military recruitment. George Farquhar knew the subject well, since he had been involved himself in the tricks and intimidation that enlisted recruits for Queen Anne's army in the War of Spanish Succession from 1703-1705.

In Farquhar's play, two recruiting officers compete for recruits in the same locale. Recruiting in those years required more than patriotism and the lure of glory: it relied on bribery, alcohol, and the whole armory of deceit. Farquhar's play makes connections explicit, further setting off their dramatic power by linking recruiting tactics to the rites of courtship. His satire is intensified by his much-admired portrayals of the characters and situations of rural life; Farquhar brought the men and women of field and village truly to the stage.

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Verlag
University of Nebraska Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803253575
ISBN 13 
9780803253575
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
138
Herausgeber
Michael Shugrue
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