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- The Rover; or, The Banishāt Cavaliers
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The Rover
play by Behn
Also known as: āThe Rover; or, The Banishāt Cavaliersā
The Rover, comedy by Aphra Behn, produced and published in two parts in 1677 and 1681. Set in Madrid and Naples during the exile of Englandās King Charles II, the play depicts the adventures of a small group of English Cavaliers. The protagonist, the charming but irresponsible Willmore, may have been modeled on John Wilmot Rochester, a poet in the inner circle of Charles II. The heroās real-life counterpart may also have been John Hoyle, who was a lover of the playwright.
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