The Country Gentleman – A ""Lost"" Play and Its Background Howard Villers Scouten

The Country GentlemanA \""Lost\"" Play and Its Background\nAuthor(s): Sir Robert Howard, George Villers, Second Duke of Buckingham, Arthur H. Scouten, Robert D. Hume\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, United States\nImprint: University of Pennsylvania Press\nISBN-13: 9780812277050, 978-0812277050\nSynopsis\n\""There was a challenge lately intended for the Duke of Buckingham upon Sir William Coventrys account. . . . The occasion . . .was a new play to be acted on Saturday last called the Country gentleman. . . . But the King hath prevented all; and the play is not acted.\""-Samuel Pepys, 2 March 1669\n\n This edition makes available for the first time The Country Gentleman, a play written by Sir Robert Howard and the Duke of Buckingham, personally suppressed by King Charles II in 1669. Its vicious personal attack on Sir William Coventry provoked a scandal. Consequently, it was banned before public performance and very naturally never printed. The play was long.