Works of John Dryden. The Works of John Dryden, Volume XIV: Plays; The Kind Keeper, The Spanish Fryar, The Duke of Guise, and The Vindication

Kept women, comic clerics, and political schemers enliven the four plays in this volume of the California Dryden. Dryden asserted that __The Kind Keeper__ was a moral play, dedicated to exposing the "crying sin" of keeping a mistress. The production was closed after three nights, but whether because of the play's success in moralizing, or in exposing, is hard to know. Kept women, comic clerics, and political schemers enliven the four plays in this volume of the California Dryden. Dryden asserted that The Kind Keeper was a moral play, dedicated to exposing the "crying sin" of keeping a mistress. The production was closed after three nights, but whether because of the play's success in moralizing, or in exposing, is hard to know. Acknowledgments Contents Illustrations The Kind Keeper, or Mr. Limberham The Spanish Fryar, or The Double Discovery THE DUKE OF GUISE THE VINDICATION OF THE DUKE OF GUISE COMMENTARY TEXTUAL NOTES APPENDIXES INDEX TO THE COMMENTARY