Introduction: the background of Restoration drama.
The country wife, by W. Wycherley.
The man of mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter, by G. Etherege.
All for love; or, The world well lost, by J. Dryden.
Venice preserved; or, A plot discovered, by T. Otway.
The way of the world, by W. Congreve.
The beaux' strategem, by G. Farquhar.