Project Gutenberg 2011-10-08 Public domain in the USA. 115 Gay, John 1685 1732 Arbuthnot, John 1667 1735 Arbuthnot, Jean Eleutherus, Philonomus Pope, Alexander 1688 1744 Barnivelt, Esdras Smith, John Harrington 1903 1961 62006569 Three Hours after Marriage Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Three Hours after Marriage" by John Gay, Alexander Pope, and John Arbuthnot is a comedy written in the early 18th century. The play, showcasing a collaboration among these three eminent authors, explores themes of marriage, desire, and the humorous misadventures that ensue therefrom. It revolves around the characters of Dr. Fossile and his bride Mrs. Townley, highlighting the complexities of their new union and the intrigues that arise in the wake of their wedding. At the start of the drama, Dr. Fossile welcomes his bride, Mrs. Townley, into their new life together, but his confidence quickly falters as he grapples with doubts concerning their relationship and his role as her husband. The dialogue is marked by wit and banter as accompanying characters, such as the eccentric Phoebe Clinket and the flirtatious Plotwell, introduce layers of comic confusion and rivalry. The opening sets the stage for a series of misunderstandings and comedic scenarios that hint at the chaos and intrigue that will follow in their married life, as secrets and romantic escapades threaten to unravel their relationship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comedies English drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 238846 238855 2024-09-16T04:20:41.614020 2023-09-16T10:50:50.658274 text/html text/html 240729 2020-01-24T12:36:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 390921 2020-01-24T12:36:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 522734 2024-09-16T04:20:50.144066 application/epub+zip 523656 2024-09-16T04:20:44.007033 application/epub+zip 139561 2024-09-16T04:20:42.476997 application/epub+zip 542652 2024-09-16T04:20:53.907952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 510360 2024-09-16T04:20:48.605992 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242944 2022-09-17T08:59:56.669903 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 187271 187172 2024-09-16T04:20:40.395038 2023-09-16T10:50:49.530268 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 187244 2011-10-08T11:35:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 74677 2011-10-08T11:35:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 187250 2011-10-08T11:35:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 74624 2011-10-08T11:35:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21978 2024-09-16T04:20:54.075007 application/rdf+xml 13068 2024-09-16T04:20:42.860098 image/jpeg 3680 2024-09-16T04:20:42.664053 image/jpeg 445754 2024-09-16T04:20:41.671085 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia