Synopsis:

These five comedies on the theme of marital disharmony by the foremost Restoration playwright John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) are published in the Oxford English Drama series. The texts are freshly edited using modern spelling. There is a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and an informative bibliography which together illuminate the plays' cultural context and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike.

'The series should reshape the canon in a number of significant areas. A splendid and imaginative project.' – Professor Anne Barton, Cambridge University

Contents: The Relapse; The Provoked Wife; The Confederacy; A Journey to London; The Country House