The Recruiting Officer av George Farquhar

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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.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.