That play, which in Bertolt Brecht's adaptation was set during the American Civil War, is The Recruiting Officer.
This man's early plays include Love and a Bottle and The Constant Couple. His acting career ended when he accidentally wounded another actor during a fight scene in Dryden's The Indian Emperor. Thomas Keneally's The Playmaker deals with the staging of one of this man's plays, in which the womanizing Plume courts Sylvia in Shrewsbury. That play, which in Bertolt Brecht's adaptation was set during the American Civil War, is The Recruiting Officer. Bandits named Gibbet, Hounslow, and Bageshot appear in his most famous work, in which Mrs. Sullen and Dorinda are pursued by Archer and Aimwell. For 10 points, name this Irish playwright of The Beaux' Stratagem.
This man's early plays include Love and a Bottle and The Constant Couple.
George {Farquhar}