Love for Love Author:William Congreve
A Comedy(1695)This play is a comical farce enlivened by its witty dialogue and its humorous characters, and perhaps more successful in its day than The Way of the World, now considered Congreve's best play. The main character is Valentine, then Jeremy, Valentine's resourceful servant; Sir Sampson, with his 'blunt vivacity'; Ben, the rough young sea-dog, who intends to marry whom he chooses; Miss Prue, only too ready to learn the lessons in love given her by Tattle, the vain, half-witted beau, who finds himself married to Mrs. Frail, the lady of easy virtue, when he thinks he has captured Angelica; and Foresight, the gullible old astrologer.
- Prologue. Spoken, at the opening of the new house, by Mr Betterton.
- Epilogue. Spoken, at the opening of the new house, by Mrs Bracegirdle.
- Dramatis Personae.
- Scene I.
- Scene II.
- Scene III.
- Scene IV.
- Scene V.
- Scene VI.
- Scene VII.
- Scene VIII.
- Scene IX.
- Scene X.
- Scene XI.
- Scene XII.
- Scene XIII.
- Scene XIV.
- Scene XIV.
- Scene I.
- Scene II.
- Scene III.
- Scene IV.
- Scene V.
- Scene VI.
- Scene VII.
- Scene VIII.
- Scene IX.
- Scene X.
- Scene XI.
- Scene I.
- Scene II.
- Scene III.
- Scene IV.
- Scene V.
- Scene VI.
- Scene VII.
- Scene VIII.
- Scene IX.
- Scene X.
- Scene XI.
- Scene XII.
- Scene XIII.
- Scene XIV.
- Scene XV.
- Scene I.
- Scene II.
- Scene III.
- Scene IV.
- Scene V.
- Scene VI.
- Scene VII.
- Scene VIII.
- Scene IX.
- Scene X.
- Scene XI.
- Scene XII.
- Scene XIII.
- Scene XIV.
- Scene XV.
- Scene XVI.
- Scene XVII.
- Scene XVIII.
- Scene XIX.
- Scene XX.
- Scene XXI.
- Scene I.
- Scene II.
- Scene III.
- Scene IV.
- Scene V.
- Scene VI.
- Scene VII.
- Scene VIII.
- Scene IX.
- Scene X.
- Scene XI.
- Scene the Last.
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