The Relapse: Or Virtue in Danger

by John Vanbrugh

Book Overview

Written in defiance of Jeremy Collier and the budding fashion for
sentimental drama, this late Restoration comedy exposes the reformed
rake Loveless to the temptations of London and the charms of a merry
widow, neither of which he is able to withstand. More memorable than
the straying husband, however, is Restoration comedy's ultimate
follower of fashion, Lord Foppington, who defends himself in the
Epilogue by observing that no...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0713628871
• ISBN13: 9780713628876
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.8"