George Farquhar

Michael Cordner

The Beaux' Stratagem

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.

The Recruiting Officer

William Congreve

John Dryden

William Wycherley

Thomas Otway

Sir John Vanbrugh

Restoration Plays from Dryden to Farquhar

A Comedy, in Five Acts

The Inconstant

A Comedy

The Inconstant, Or the Way to Win Him

The stage-coach. The recruiting officer. The beaux stratagem. The adventures of Covent-Garden. Correspondence. Love and business in a collection of occasionary verse and epistolary prose. A discourse upon comedy. Love's catechism. Three epilogues, with a prologue and miscellaneous poems. Barcellona

The twin-rivals

The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem

A Discourse Upon Comedy

The Stage-coach. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatres ... To which is Prefix'd, The Life and Character of Mr. George Farquhar: with a Song on a Trifle

The Dramatic Works of George Farquhar

Life of Farquhar. Love and a bottle. The constant couple. Sir Harry Wildair. The inconstant

Introduction. Love and a bottle. The constant couple, or A trip to the jubilee. Sir Henry Wildair, being the sequel to the Trip to the jubilee. The inconstant, or, The way to win him. The twin rivals

Ringen. Lystspil i fire Akter [and in prose] efter Farquhar og Schrøder

Love and a bottle. The constant couple, or, A trip to the jubiliee. Sir Harry Wildair. The inconstant; or, The way to win him

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The Beaux-Strategem

A Comedy. By Mr. George Farquhar

The Beaux Stratagem

The Beaux Stratagem, 1707

BEAUX.

The Beaux Stratagem, Etc. [By George Farquhar.].

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A Comedy. by George Farquhar

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