PLAYWRIGHTS AND PLAYS (PART II) – RESTORATION TO VICTORIAN

 The Restoration Playwrights and their Important Plays

 

Playwright: John Dryden (1631-1700)

Plays: The Wild Gallant /The Rival Ladies /The Indian Queen /The Indian Emperor /

            The Maiden Queen/ The Conquest of Granada /Marriage-a-la-Mode /Aureng-zebe /All for Love.

 

Playwright: William Wycherley ((1641-1716)

Plays: Love in a Wood /The Gentleman Dancing Master /The Country Wife / The Plain Dealer.

 

Playwright: George Etherege (1636-1692)

Plays: The Comical Revenge /She Would If She Could/ The Man of Mode

 

Playwright: William Congreve (1670-1729)

Plays: The Old Bachelor /The Double Dealer /Love for Love /The Mourning Bride /

            The Way of the World.

 

Playwright: John Farquhar (1677-1707)

Plays: Love and a Bottle /The Constant Couple /Sir Harry Wildair/ The Inconstant/ The Twin Rivals.

 

Playwright: George Vanbrugh (1664-1726)

Plays: The Relapse /The Provoked Wife/ The Confederacy.

 

The Augustan Playwrights and their Important Plays

 

Playwright: Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Plays: Love’s Last Shift /The Careless Husband /The Lady’s Last Stake /The Double Gallant/

           The Comical Lovers/ The Rival Fools/ The Refusal.

 

Playwright: Richard Steele (1672-1729)

Plays: The Funeral/ The Lying Lover/ The Tender Husband.

 

Playwright: Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

Plays: The Good Natur’d Man/ She Stoops to Conquer.

 

Playwright: Richard Sheridan (1751-1816)

Plays: The Rivals /The School for Scandal /The Critic.

 

The Romantic Playwrights and their Important Plays

 

Playwright: Percy Shelley (1792-1822)

Plays: Prometheus Unbound /Triumph of Life /The Cenci.

 

The Victorian Playwrights and their Important Plays

 

Playwright: Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Plays: The Nihilists /The Duchess of Padua /Lady Windermere’s Fan /A Woman of  No Importance /

           An Ideal Husband /The Importance of Being Earnest.       

   

Playwright: George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Plays: The Philanderer/ Mrs. Warren’s Profession/ Arms and the Man/ Candida/ The Man of Destiny/

           The Devil’s Disciple/ John Bull’s Other Island/ Man and Superman/ Major Barbara/

           The Doctor’s Dilemma/ Caesar and Cleopatra/ Getting Married/ Misalliance/ Fanny’s First play/

           Androcles and the Lion/ Pygmalion/ Heartbreak House/ Back to Methuselah/ Saint Joan/

           The Apple Cart.