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The Recruiting Officer (Regents Restoration Drama Series) by George Farquhar is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Recruiting Officer (Regents Restoration Drama Series) about?
<p><p>this Completely New Edition Of <i>the Recruiting Officer</i> Contains A Freshly-edited Play Text, With New Annotations, In Modern Spelling. Tiffany Stern's Comprehensive And Engaging Introduction Discusses The Author's Career And Gives A History Of The Play Including Its Staging, Critical Interpretation, Date And Sources, Putting It Its Context Of The Late Restoration And Illuminating Its Theatrical Vivacity.<p>farquhar's <i>the Recruiting Officer </i>is Set In Shrewsbury In 1704 And Describes What Happens In A Country Town When The Army Come To Stay. With Cross-dressing And Confusion In Plenty, This Is A Comedy Exploring The Timeless Themes Of Love And War. One Of Farquhar's Last Two Plays, <i>the Recruiting Officer </i>is Both Entertaining And Touching. It Has A Light, Humane Touch And Its Original Depiction Of A Real-life Provincial Town Comically Explores The Impact That Ongoing Warfare Had On Its Civilian Society.<p></p>
Who reads The Recruiting Officer (Regents Restoration Drama Series)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- George Farquhar
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780803253575
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.36 / 5 (99 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14