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The Beaux-Stratagem

BEAUX-STRATAGEM

Reading edition

By Farquhar

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'He was a delightful writer, and one to whom I should sooner recur for relaxation and entertainment and without after-cloying and disgust, than any of the school of which he may be said to have been the last The Beaux-Stratagem reads quite as well as it acts: it has life, movement, wit, humour, sweet nature and sweet temper from beginning to end.' CHARLES COWDEN CLARKE

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

ADVERTISEMENT

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

PROLOGUE

THE BEAUX-STRATAGEM

ACT I., SCENE I.

ACT II., SCENE I.

ACT II., SCENE II.

ACT III., SCENE I

ACT III., SCENE II

ACT III., SCENE III.

ACT IV., SCENE I

ACT IV., SCENE II.

ACT V., SCENE I.

ACT V., SCENE II.

ACT V., SCENE III.

ACT V., SCENE IV.

EPILOGUE

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