The Country Gentleman: A Lost Play and Its Background

by Arthur H. Scouten, Robert D. Hume, George Villiers, et al.

"There was a challenge lately intended for the Duke of Buckingham upon Sir William Coventrys account. . . . The occasion . . .was a new play to be acted on Saturday last called the Country gentleman. . . . But the King hath prevented all; and the play is not acted."--Samuel Pepys, 2 March 1669 This edition makes available for the first time The Country Gentleman , a play written by Sir Robert Howard and the Duke of Buckingham, personally suppressed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812210867
• ISBN13: 9780812210866
• Release Date: April 1976
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 176 Pages