{"product_id":"the-recruiting-officer-paperback","title":"The Recruiting Officer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Farquhar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTiffany Stern\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis completely new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Recruiting Officer\u003c\/i\u003e contains a freshly-edited play text, with new annotations, in modern spelling. Tiffany Stern's comprehensive and engaging introduction discusses the author's career and gives a history of the play including its staging, critical interpretation, date and sources, putting it its context of the late Restoration and illuminating its theatrical vivacity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFarquhar's \u003ci\u003eThe Recruiting Officer \u003c\/i\u003eis set in Shrewsbury in 1704 and describes what happens in a country town when the army come to stay. With cross-dressing and confusion in plenty, this is a comedy exploring the timeless themes of love and war. One of Farquhar's last two plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Recruiting Officer \u003c\/i\u003eis both entertaining and touching. It has a light, humane touch and its original depiction of a real-life provincial town comically explores the impact that ongoing warfare had on its civilian society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editor, Tiffany Stern, is Professor of Early Modern Drama at Oxford University. She is a General Editor of the New Mermaid Series, and is author of \u003ci\u003eRehearsal from Shakespeare to Sheridan \u003c\/i\u003e(2000), \u003ci\u003eMaking Shakespeare \u003c\/i\u003e(2004), \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Parts \u003c\/i\u003e(co-written with Simon Palfrey, 2007), and \u003ci\u003eDocuments of Performance in Early Modern England\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153802100799,"sku":"9780713673791","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/SRisOszbDk9780713673791.webp?v=1776950960","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-recruiting-officer-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}