The Man of Mode (Paperback - 1997)

This edition highlights the very varied critical interpretations to which this rich but episodic comedy has been subject, and makes a case for it as a psychologically astute and brilliantly executed comedy of courtship rituals.

Detailed commentary notes are included alongside the play text for easy reference. There is also a list of further reading suggestions to aid research.

New Mermaids is a series of over 50 classic plays with an active programme of new editions.

Sir George Etherege (born 1635, died 1692) was an English dramatist. He wrote the plays The Comical Revenge or, Love in a Tub in 1664, She Would if She Could in 1668, and The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter in 1676.