The Dutch Lover

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The Dutch Lover is a Restoration-era comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes arranged marriages and national stereotypes through farcical romantic entanglements.

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instanceOf Restoration comedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ
author Aphra Behn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticForm five-act play ⓘ
featuresCharacter Alonso ⓘ
Cleonte ⓘ
Haunce van Ezel ⓘ
Hippolyta ⓘ
linked to: Queen Hippolyta
firstPerformanceDate 1673 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Dorset Garden Theatre ⓘ
firstPerformedBy Duke's Company ⓘ
linked to: Duke’s Company
firstPublicationDate 1673 ⓘ
firstPublisher Henry Herringman ⓘ
genre Restoration drama ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
hasSubject courtship ⓘ
cross-cultural romance ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Restoration literature ⓘ
notableAspect early example of a professional female playwright's work on the English stage ⓘ
originalMedium theatre ⓘ
periodOfWork late 17th century ⓘ
satirizes arranged marriages ⓘ
national stereotypes ⓘ
setting Spain ⓘ
structure prose and verse ⓘ
theatricalPeriod Restoration era ⓘ
theme arranged marriage ⓘ
national stereotypes ⓘ
romantic entanglements ⓘ
satire of marriage customs ⓘ
writer Aphra Behn ⓘ

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Aphra Behn → notableWork → The Dutch Lover ⓘ