Susanna Centlivre

Busie Body

Susanna Centlivre

A rich heiress pretending to be in love with her guardian, but with several other suitors. A jealous merchant from Spain with a beautiful b…

Gamester

Susanna Centlivre

Young Valere, in love with Angelica, has been amusing himself at the gaming tables, and not surprisingly getting himself in both financial t…

Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret

Susanna Centlivre

Donna Isabella does not want to marry Don Guzman, her father's choice. Donna Violante's father wants her to become a nun. Isabella is attack…

Perjur'd Husband, or The Adventures of Venice

Susanna Centlivre

Centlivre's first play: a tragedy. Star-crossed lovers, one married and the other betrothed elsewhere. Secret letters gone astray, gender ch…