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The Rover
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A Restoration comedy of disguise, desire, freedom, and negotiation during Carnival in Naples.
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The Rover
Carnival gives Hellena, Florinda, Willmore, and their companions room to disguise themselves and challenge the marriages and identities imposed on them. Aphra Behn’s comedy mixes wit, danger, erotic power, and sharp questions about women’s choices.
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Aphra Behn died in 1689; the play was first performed and published in the seventeenth century, placing the original English text within the public domain under the applicable U.S. and E.U. terms.
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- 01Full text
- 02THE ROVER; OR,
- 03THE BANISH’D CAVALIERS.
- 04PART I.
- 05Act I.
- 06Scene I. _A Chamber._
- 07Scene II. _A Long Street._
- 08Act II.
- 09Scene I. _The Long Street._
- 10Scene II. _A Fine Chamber._
- 11Act III.
- 12Scene I. _A Street._
- 13Scene II. _Lucetta’s House._
- 14Scene III. _The Garden, in the Night._
- 15Scene IV. _The Street._
- 16Act IV.
- 17Scene I. _A fine Room._
- 18Scene II. _The Molo._
- 19Scene III. _A Street._
- 20Act V.
- 21Scene I. _Blunt’s Chamber._
- 22ARGUMENT.
- 234 SOURCE.
- 24part is simply autobiographical adventuring, but, beside many a
- 25THEATRICAL HISTORY.
- 26Act iii require, stripped to his very drawers.
- 27THE ROVER;
- 28PART I.
- 29PROLOGUE,
- 30DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- 31SCENE _Naples_, in Carnival-time.
- 32ACT I.
- 33Scene I. A chamber.
- 34Scene II. A Long Street.
- 35ACT II.
- 36Scene I. The Long Street.
- 3733 SONG.
- 38II.
- 39Scene II. A Fine Chamber.
- 40ACT III.
- 41Scene I. A Street.
- 42Scene II. _Lucetta’s_ House.
- 43Scene III. The Garden, in the Night.
- 44Scene IV. Changes to the Street.
- 45ACT IV.
- 46Scene I. A fine Room.
- 47Scene II. The Molo.
- 48Scene III. A Street.
- 49Scene changes to another Street. Enter _Florinda_.
- 50Scene changes to _Blunt’s_ Chamber, discovers him sitting on a Couch in
- 51ACT V.
- 52Scene I. Blunt’s Chamber.
- 53EPILOGUE
- 54POST-SCRIPT
- 55Act I: Scene i
- 56Act I: Scene ii
- 57Act II: Scene i
- 58Act II: Scene ii
- 59Act III: Scene i
- 60Act III: Scene ii
- 61Act III: Scene iia
- 62Act IV: Scene i
- 63Act IV: Scene ii
- 64Act IV: Scene iii
- 65Act IV: Scene iiib
- 66Act V: Scene i
- 67Act I: Scene i
- 68Act I: Scene ii
- 69Act I: Scene ii
- 70Act II: Scene ii
- 71Act III: Scene iia
- 72Act III: Scene iii
- 73Act IV: Scene ii
- 74Act V: Scene i
- 75THE ROVER; OR,
- 76THE BANISH’D CAVALIERS.
- 77PART II.
- 78Act I.
- 79Scene I. _A Street._
- 80Act II.
- 81Scene I. _The Street._
- 82Scene II. _A fine Chamber._
- 83Act III.
- 84Scene I. _A House._
- 85Act IV.
- 86Scene I. _The Street, or Backside of the Piazza._
- 87Act V.
- 88Scene I. _A Chamber._
- 89Scene II. _The Street._
- 90Scene III. _Willmore’s Lodging._
- 91ARGUMENT.
- 92SOURCE.
- 93THEATRICAL HISTORY.
- 94TO HIS
- 95ROYAL HIGHNESS
- 96THE
- 97A. BEHN.
- 98THE ROVER.
- 99PART II.
- 100PROLOGUE,
- 101DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- 102MEN.
- 103SCENE, _Madrid_.
- 104ACT I.
- 105Scene I. A Street.
- 106ACT II.
- 107Scene I. The Street.
- 108Scene II. Changes to a fine Chamber.
- 109SONG.
- 110ACT III.
- 111Scene I. A House.
- 112ACT IV.
- 113Scene I. The Street, or Backside of the Piazza dark.
- 114Scene changes to _La Nuche’s_ House.
- 115Scene changes to a Chamber, discovers _Fetherfool_ in Bed.
- 116Scene, the Street, a Sheet tyd to the Balcony, and _Feth._ sitting
- 117SONG.
- 118ACT V.
- 119Scene I. A Chamber.
- 120Scene II. The Street.
- 121Scene III. Willmore’s Lodging.
- 122Scene changes to a Chamber, discovers the _She-Giant_ asleep in a great
- 123EPILOGUE
- 124Act I: Scene i
- 125Act I: Scene ia
- 126Act II: Scene i
- 127Act II: Scene ii
- 128Act III: Scene i
- 129Act IV: Scene i
- 130Act IV: Scene ia
- 131Act IV: Scene ib
- 132Act IV: Scene ic
- 133Act IV: Scene id
- 134Act V: Scene i
- 135Act V: Scene iii
- 136Act V: Scene iiia
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