The Recruiting Officer
Series: Drama Classics
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Paperback, 128 pages ISBN: 9781854593405Publication Date:
20 Mar 1997
Size: 160mm x 105mm£4.99 £3.99You save £1.00 (20%)
Ebook, 128 pages ISBN: 9781780013916Publication Date:
20 Nov 2014
£4.99 £3.99You save £1.00 (20%)
First Staged:
1706

The Recruiting Officer

By George Farquhar

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A classic Restoration-era comedy about the sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, as they go about their task of recruiting soldiers in the town of Shrewsbury.

George Farquhar's play The Recruiting Officer was first staged at Drury Lane in 1706. It was an immediate hit and went on to become one of the most frequently performed plays of the 18th century.

This edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series is edited and introduced by Simon Trussler.

Set Text: The Recruiting Officer is a set text for EdExcel Drama GCSE, English Language and Literatue A/AS-Level, and English Literature A/AS-Level; and WJEC Drama Drama & Theatre Studies A/AS-Level.

Series: Drama Classics
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Paperback,128 pages ISBN: 9781854593405Publication Date:
20 Mar 1997
Size: 160mm x 105mm£4.99 £3.99You save £1.00 (20%)
Ebook,128 pages ISBN: 9781780013916Publication Date:
20 Nov 2014
£4.99 £3.99You save £1.00 (20%)

Also by George Farquhar:

The Beaux Stratagem

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