The Widdow Ranter, or The history of Bacon in Virginia.
A tragi-comedy
by Aphra Behn
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Bacon's Rebellion, 1676, DramaShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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The Widdow Ranter or the History of Bacon in Virginia
June 30, 2004, Kessinger Publishing
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in English
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The Widdow Ranter, or, The history of Bacon in Virginia: a tragi-comedy, acted by Their Majesties servants
1986, Printed for James Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul's church-yard
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The Widdow Ranter, or The history of Bacon in Virginia.: A tragi-comedy
1956, Printed for James Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul's church-yard
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The Widdow Ranter, or, The history of Bacon in Virginia.: A tragi-comedy, acted by Their Majesties servants.
1690, Printed for James Knapton
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The serious and historical portion of this play is foulded on a contemporary pamphlet, Strange news from Virginia being a full and true account of the life and death of Nathaniel Bacon, London, 1677. cf. Works of A. Behn, ed. by M. Summers, v. 4.
Dedication signed: G.J.
The Prologue, by Dryden, is the one he wrote for Shadwell's "True widow." After his quarrel with Shadwell he gave it to Mrs. Behn for this play. cf. Camb. hist. Eng. lit., v. 8, p. 457.
According to Sabin (Bibl. amer., v. 2, no. 4372) the work "throws much light" on Bacon's rebellion, "exhibiting strongly the mismanagement of the colony, the incompetence of the authorities, etc., and the state of affairs which let to the outbreak."
Photographed from her Dramatic works. v. 2. London, 1820.
Micro-opaque of original in Library of Congress. New York, Readx Microprint, 1956. 1 card. 22.6 x 14.8 cm. (Three centuries of drama: English 1642-1700) (Three centuries of English and American plays 1500-1800)
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