I'll have printed out whatever people have found that's interesting about The Comical Revenge. We'll take some time to read the documents, and then some more to discuss them. I'd like people to think (and talk) both about what they've learned about the play and its context, but also what they've learned about the processes of finding and reading background materials to literature. We'll walk through some of the databases to solve some access problems.

For Friday

It's time to decide on another play to read. Here's a way we can start on that. From the list of plays, there are 16 dated in the '70s. Of them, only seven are anthologized more than twice (as a rough guide to their importance, we can begin with that). Here they are:

• Behn, Aphra. The Rover; or, The Banished Cavaliers (1677)
• Dryden, John. All For Love (1677)
• Dryden, John. Marriage a-la-Mode (1673)
• Etherege, Sir George. The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter (1676)
• Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham, et al. The Rehearsal (1671)
• Wycherley, William. The Country Wife (1675)
• Wycherley, William. The Plain-Dealer (1676)