A review by adiamond
The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar

4.0

Farquhar's final play is a witty comedy about two dissolute young men in search of wives with fortunes. It contains quite a few echoes of Milton's Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, particularly from the unhappily married Mrs. Sullen (who is anything but sullen). Archer and Aimwell begin as scoundrels, but this is a comedy, so...