Project Gutenberg 2014-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 187 Cowley, Hannah 1743 1809 Cowley, Hannah Parkhouse Parkhouse, Hannah Inchbald, Mrs. 1753 1821 Inchbald, Elizabeth Simpson A Bold Stroke for a Husband: A Comedy in Five Acts Produced by Delphine Lettau and the team at Distributed Proofreaders Canada "A Bold Stroke for a Husband: A Comedy in Five Acts" by Hannah Cowley is a comedic play written in the early 19th century. Set in Spain, it revolves around the various romantic entanglements and intrigues involving notable characters such as the strong-willed Olivia and her father, Don Cæsar, who is determined to see her married. The play explores themes of love, manipulation, and the dynamics between men and women in the societal context of the time. The opening of the play introduces us to a lively and humorous scenario in Madrid, where characters such as Sancha and Pedro engage in clever banter while preparing for the repercussions of love and jealousy. We meet Don Carlos, who harbors a tumultuous relationship with his wife and enters into a comedic interplay with other suitors. Meanwhile, Olivia grapples with numerous suitors and her resistance to conform to societal expectations of marriage, revealing her assertive personality. As the scenes unfold, both familial pressure and romantic antics set the stage for the conflicts and resolutions that will define the characters’ fates throughout the rest of the play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comedies Man-woman relationships -- Drama English drama -- 18th century Impostors and imposture -- Drama Madrid (Spain) -- Drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 181834 181843 2024-09-19T17:05:41.821837 2023-09-20T13:00:41.324846 text/html text/html 182043 2014-11-17T10:54:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 60667 2014-11-17T10:55:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 124891 2024-09-19T17:05:47.831342 application/epub+zip 127199 2024-09-19T17:05:43.422806 application/epub+zip 127199 2024-09-19T17:05:42.441780 application/epub+zip 291294 2024-09-19T17:05:50.826296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265970 2024-09-19T17:05:47.167309 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228893 2022-09-21T13:59:02.305703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144080 144013 2024-09-19T17:05:40.956778 2023-09-20T13:00:40.504854 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 143840 2014-11-17T10:54:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 56079 2014-11-17T10:55:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19916 2024-09-19T17:05:51.271239 application/rdf+xml 16397 2024-09-19T17:05:42.826857 image/jpeg 3742 2024-09-19T17:05:42.634767 image/jpeg 124884 2024-09-19T17:05:41.838777 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