Carnival time in The Rover is a period when prohibitions are temporarily removed, privileges and rank suspended, and women - from convent girls to courtesans - take the initiative. Featuring multiple plot lines, which deal with the adventures of a group of love-struck Englishmen in Naples, Aphra Behn's play explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power, fidelity, and the excesses of sexual passion. Hers is a male-dominated society, but one with a clear-sighted portrayal of the female predicament.
The play is widely taught on A Level courses as...
Carnival time in The Rover is a period when prohibitions are temporarily removed, privileges and rank suspended, and women - from convent gi...
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) is renowned as the first professional woman of literature and drama in English. Best-known for her plays, she also wrote fiction, poetry, and translations, and edited verse collections. This edition includes comprehensively introduced and fully annotated texts of all works known or plausibly believed to be hers.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) is renowned as the first professional woman of literature and drama in English. Best-known for her plays, she also wrote fictio...
