Sir Patient Fancy

""Sir Patient Fancy"" is a play written by the English playwright Aphra Behn, first performed in 1678. The play is a comedy of manners and centers around the character of Sir Patient Fancy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen in love with a young woman named Isabella. Isabella, however, is in love with another man, and Sir Patient's attempts to win her affections are comically thwarted at every turn. The play also features a subplot involving Sir Patient's daughter, who is being courted by a young man of questionable character. Throughout the play, Behn satirizes the societal norms of the time, particularly the idea of arranged marriages and the power dynamics between men and women. ""Sir Patient Fancy"" is considered one of Behn's most successful plays and is still performed today.Sir Pat. How! her whole Family! I am come to keep open House; very fine, her whole Family! she's Plague enough to mortify any good Christian, --tell her, my Lady and I am gon forth; tell her any thing to keep her away.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work. Read more