| The Double Dealer by: William Congreve. / first produced in 1693 / Contributor(s): Congreve, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1977620221 ISBN-13: 9781977620224 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6" W x 9" (0.37 lbs) 118 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Double Dealer is a comic play written by English playwright William Congreve, first produced in 1693.This comedy sees character Mellefont, nephew and prospective heir of Lord Touchwood, about to marry Cynthia, daughter of Sir Paul Plyant. Lady Touchwood, a violent and dissolute woman, is in love with Mellefont, but as he rejects her advances, determines to prevent the match and ruin him in Lord Touchwood's esteem. In this design she finds a confederate in Maskwell, the Double Dealer, who has been her lover, pretends to be Mellefont's friend, and aspires to cheat him of Cynthia and get her for himself. To this end he leads Plyant to suspect an intrigue between Mellefont and Lady Plyant, and Touchwood an intrigue between Mellefont and Lady Touchwood; and contrives that Touchwood shall find Mellefont in the latter's chamber |