CONGREVE WILLIAM

(P/B) THE WAY OF THE WORLD AND OTHER PLAYS
A master of the comedy of manners, William Congreve was the most elegant of the Restoration dramatists. With piercing accuracy, he depicted the shallow world of 'society,' where the right artifice in manners, fashion, and conversation-and money-eased the passage to success. (From the publisher)...
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INCOGNITA
Returning to Florence on the occasion of his eighteenth birthday, Aurelian - together with his sworn companion Hippolito - dons his disguise in anticipation of the famous Florentine ball. Once there, the two are soon separated, and each finds himself paired off with a beautiful - and masked - lady. Whilst Aurelian yearns to learn the true identity of his 'Incognita', Hippolito is mistaken for another and brazenly plays along with the conceit. As morning dawns, the youths cannot escape the elaborate web of deceit they have unwittingly creat...
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