Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!

Aphra Behn

The Emperor of the Moon

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Topic

New love

Speaker

Bellemante

Author

Aphra Behn

Source

The Emperor of the Moon

Genre

Comedy (play) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1687 1680s 17th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Behn, Aphra. The Emperor of the Moon. Performed by Cave Underhill, Anthony Leigh, Thomas Jevon, Sarah Cooke, and Katherine Corey. 1687, Dorset Garden Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Behn, Aphra. "The Emperor of the Moon." The Rover and Other Plays, edited by Jane Spencer. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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