CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Note on the Texts

The Restoration Playhouse

Select Bibliography

A Chronology of Libertine Plays

THE LIBERTINE

Thomas Shadwell

THE MAN OF MODE; OR, SIR FOPLING FLUTTER

Sir George Etherege

A FOND HUSBAND; OR, THE PLOTTING SISTERS

Thomas Durfey

FRIENDSHIP IN FASHION

Thomas Otway

Explanatory Notes

Glossary