Aphra Behn (/ˈæfrə bɛn/; bapt. 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era...
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"The Disappointment" is a poem written by Aphra Behn. It was first published in 1680 (see 1680 in poetry) in the Earl of Rochester's Poems on Several Occasions...
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John Hoyle (died 1692) (section Aphra Behn)
(died 1692) was a bisexual lawyer in London and a lover of the writer Aphra Behn. Behn's relationship with Hoyle was the "dominating one" in her life. John...
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Oroonoko (category Novels by Aphra Behn)
Aphra Behn (1640–1689), first published in 1688 by William Canning and reprinted later that year in the compilation Three Histories by Mrs. A. Behn....
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celebrity actors. The period saw the first professional female playwright, Aphra Behn. Charles II was an active and interested patron of drama. Soon after his...
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Aphra may refer to: Aphra Behn (1640–1689), English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator Doctor Aphra, a fictional character in the Star Wars...
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Abdelazer (category Plays by Aphra Behn)
or /æbdəˈlɑːzə/) is a 1676 play by Aphra Behn, an adaptation of the c. 1600 tragedy Lust's Dominion. It is Behn's only tragic play. Abdelazer is a captive...
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The Rover (play) (category Plays by Aphra Behn)
Cavaliers is a play in two parts that is written by the English author Aphra Behn. It is a revision of Thomas Killigrew's play Thomaso, or The Wanderer...
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the Angel Gabriel, the two are on the verge of war. The British writer Aphra Behn used "Astrea" as one of her code-names while working as a spy for King...
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short novella by Aphra Behn published by Will Canning in 1688, a year before Behn's death. The plot is loosely based around rumors Behn had heard regarding...
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