Centlivre, Susanna 1667?-1723

A bold stroke for a wife by Susanna Centlivre( Book )
69 editions published between 1718 and 2005 in English and German and held by 1,022 libraries worldwide

The dramatic works of the celebrated Mrs. Centlivre, with a new account of her life by Susanna Centlivre( Book )
19 editions published between 1872 and 1986 in English and held by 325 libraries worldwide

The busie body (1709) by Susanna Centlivre( Book )
6 editions published between 1709 and 1967 in English and held by 274 libraries worldwide

The busy body a comedy by Susanna Centlivre( Book )
58 editions published between 1740 and 1977 in English and held by 234 libraries worldwide

The wonder; a woman keeps a secret! a comedy by Susanna Centlivre( Book )
98 editions published between 1714 and 2005 in English and held by 222 libraries worldwide

A bold stroke for a wife : a comedy by Susanna Centlivre( Book )
66 editions published between 1718 and 1977 in English and held by 211 libraries worldwide

A wife well manag'd a farce by Susanna Centlivre( Book )
24 editions published between 1715 and 2003 in English and held by 164 libraries worldwide
A satirical play about controlling a wife.

The wonder : a woman keeps a secret by Susanna Centlivre( Book )
27 editions published between 1714 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 162 libraries worldwide
"Susanna Centlivre's play The Wonder (1714) was one of the most popular works on the eighteenth-century English stage. Set in Lisbon, the plot interweaves two romantic intrigues around one "secret": the heroine Violante is hiding her best friend, Isabella (who is the sister of her own lover, Don Felix), from Isabella's father, who wishes to marry her off to a rich but decrepit old merchant. Because she is sworn to secrecy, Violante cannot reveal Isabella's whereabouts, nor can she explain to Felix why Isabella's new lover, a dashing British soldier, happens to be about the house, prompting Felix's intense jealousy. Centlivre's critique on the tyrannical patriarchs in the world of the play is at the same time a veiled critique of similar conditions in Augustan-era Britain." "This Broadview edition includes contemporary responses (by Richard Steele and Arthur Bedford), biographical accounts, selections of Centlivre's poetry, and early nineteenth-century criticism (by Elizabeth Inchbald and William Hazlitt)."--BOOK JACKET.

A bold stroke for a wife; a comedy, in five acts by Susanna Centlivre( Book )
28 editions published between 1718 and 1981 in English and held by 125 libraries worldwide

The busie body a comedy by Susanna Centlivre( Book )
27 editions published between 1709 and 2007 in English and held by 121 libraries worldwide