The Way of the World

Author(s): Congreve, William
Note: William Congreve (1670 – 1729)
Date of composition:
  • 1700
Date of first performance: 1700
Date of first publication: 1700
Genre (Annals): Comedy
Genre: comedy of manners

HIERONIMO/EMOTHE text(s): 1965 modern edition by Kathleen M. Lynch (Regents Restoration Drama Series)
  • 1700 quarto single-play print
      ESTC: R8381
      EEBO-TCP: A34327 HTML XML
      Observations: Q1. This edition exists in two states. Facsimile: Congreve, William. The Way of the World (1700). Menston: Scolar Press, 1969.
  • 1706 quarto single-play print
      ESTC: T14531 | T231499

      Observations: Q2
      "The second edition, revised" (ESTC)
  • 1710 octavo Printed title: The first volume of the works of Mr. William Congreve play in print collection
      ESTC: T52950

      Observations: W1
  • 1710 duodecimo Printed title: Five plays, written by Mr. Congreve play in print collection

Early Performances

  • Company: Betterton’s company Venue: Lincoln's Inn Fields Date: 1700
    Cast:
      Location: Venue type: commercial theatre
      Note: Probably 5 March.
      Information source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Volume 1 Restoration Drama 1660-1700. 1952.

    Modern Productions

    (Selection)

     

    • Revival in 1705 (Lynch, Way, p. x)
    • Royal Shakespeare Company. Dir. John Barton. Perf. Michael Pennington, Judi Dench. Aldwych Theatre, London. 24 Jan. 1978.
    • Gilbert, John Selwyn, dir. The Way of the World. Perf. Francesca Annis, Anthony Ainley. Prod. British Broadcasting Corporation / Open University. DVD. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004.

    Modern editions

    • McKenzie, D. F., ed. The Works of William Congreve. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. (3 vols.).
    • Rump, Eric S, ed. The Way of the World and Other Plays. Penguin Books, 2006.
    • Henderson, Anthony G, ed. The Comedies of William Congreve: The Old Batchelor; the Double Dealer; Love for Love; the Way of the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
    • McMillin, Scott, ed. . Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy: Authoritative Texts of the Country Wife, the Man of Mode, the Way of the World, the Conscious Lovers, the School for Scandal, Backgrounds, Criticism. Norton, 1973.
    • Barnard, John, ed. The Way of the World. Oliver & Boyd, 1972.
    • Gibbons, Brian, ed. The Way of the World. Benn, 1971.
    • Davies, Herbert, ed. Congreve: The Complete Plays. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1967.
    • Lynch, Kathleen M., ed. The Way of the World. U of Nebraska P, E. Arnold, 1965. Reproduced in Biblioteca Digital ARTELOPE Colección EMOTHE. Valencia: Universitat de València, 2016..
    • Hopper, Vincent F.; Lahey, Gerald B., ed. The Way of the World. 1958. Barron's Educational Series.
    • Perry, Henry T., ed. William Congreve: The Way of the World. Crofts Classics, 1951.
    • Matthews, Brander; Leider, Paul Robert, ed. The Chief British Dramatists Excluding Shakespeare. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924.

    Select Bibliography: Translations

    • ES:
      • Congreve, William. Así va el mundo. Tra. Sanderson, John D.. Valencia: ARTELOPE Universitat de València, 2016. Colección EMOTHE. URL: . http://emothe.uv.es/biblioteca/textosEMOTHE/EMOTHE0314_AsiVaElMundo.php
      • Congreve, William. Así va el mundo. Tra. Ballesteros, Antonio. Madrid: Asociación de Directores de Escena, 2002.
    • FR:
      • Congreve, William. Ainsi va le monde. Tra. Famchon, Isabelle. Arles ; Paris: Actes Sud ; Papiers, 1989. (Orig: The Way of the World)
      • Congreve, William. Ainsi va le monde. Tra. Famchon, Isabelle. Paris: Arles; Actes Sud, 1989.
      • Congreve, William. Le train du monde. Tra. Digeon, Aurélien. Paris: Aubier, 1943. Collection bilingue des classiques étrangers. (Orig: The Way of the World)
      • Congreve, William. Le Train du monde. Tra. Digeon, Aurélien. Paris: Aubier, 1943.
      • Congreve, William. Ainsi va le monde. Tra. de Gères de Camarsac, M. le chevalier. Amsterdam & Paris: Cailleau; L'Esclapart; Vve Duchesne, 1782. (Orig: The Way of the World)
      • Congreve, William. Ainsi va le monde. Tra. le chevalier de Gères de Camarsac, M.. Amsterdam & Paris: Cailleau; L'Esclapart; Vve Duchesne, 1782.
      • Congreve, William. Le Train du monde, comédie en prose, traduite de l'anglois de Congreve, précédée d'une dissertation sur la comédie angloise. {Falta nombre ciudad}: {Falta nombre editorial}, 1759. (Orig: The Way of the World)
    • IT:
      • Congreve, William. Così va il mondo. Tra. Rossatti, Alberto. Milano: Rizzoli, 1995.
      • Congreve, William. Così va il mondo. Tra. Rossatti, Alberto. Milano: Rizzoli, 1995.
      • Congreve, William. Così va il mondo. Tra. Brinzi, Vincenzo. Milano: Rizzoli, 1965.
      • Congreve, William. Così va il mondo. Tra. Brinzi, Vincenzo. Milano: Rizzoli, 1965.
      • Congreve, William. "Così va il mondo". Tra. Melchiori, Giorgio. Ed. Baldini, Gabriele. Teatro inglese della restaurazione e del settecento. Firenze: Sansoni, 1957, p. 273-374.
      • Congreve, William. "Così va il mondo". Tra. Melchiori, Giorgio. Ed. Baldini, Gabriele. Teatro inglese della restaurazione e del settecento. Firenze: Sansoni, 1957, p. 273–374.
    • DE:
      • Congreve, William. Der Lauf der Welt. Tra. Hildesheimer, Wolfgang. Frankfurt am Main: Insel-Verlag, 1986.
      • Congreve, William.. Der Lauf der Welt: eine lieblose Komödie. Tra. Hildesheimer, Wolfgang. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Theaterverlag, 1982. (Orig: The Way of the World)
      • Congreve, William. Der Lauf der Welt: Komödie in sechs Bildern. Tra. Mitteler, Leo. Berlin: Bühnenverlag Ahn & Simrock, 1958. (Orig: The Way of the World)
      • Congreve, William. Der Lauf der Welt. Tra. Boyen, Richard. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1870. (Orig: The Way of the World)
      • Congreve, William. Der Lauf der Welt: ein Lustspiel in fünf Akten. Tra. Bode, J. J. C.. Leipzig: Georg Joachim Göschen, 1787.
      • Congreve, William. Der Welt Lauf. Frankfurt / Leipzig: {Falta nombre editorial}, 1762. (Orig: The Way of the World)
      • Congreve, William. Der Lauf der Welt: ein Lustspiel. Rostock: Berger & Boedner, 1757. (Orig: The Way of the World)

    Select Bibliography: Adaptations

    • Congreve, William. Ainsi va le monde. Tra. Lestrade, Jean. Paris: Editions du Scorpion, 1964. (Orig: The Way of the World)
    • Congreve, William. Ainsi va le monde. Tra. Aury, Dominique; Desclos; Auguste. Paris: France-Illustration, le Monde illustré, 1955. (Orig: The Way of the World)

    Select Bibliography: Criticism

    • MacKenzie, Scott R. "Sexual Arithmetic: Appetite and Consumption in 'The Way of the World'". Eighteenth-Century Studies. 2014, vol. 3, 47, p. 261-276.
    • Bender, Ashley Brookner. "Containing Identity in the Plain Dealer and `The Way of the World’". Eighteenth-Century Life. 2013, vol. 2, 37, p. 1-25.
    • Gymnich, Marion. "Restoration Comedies: William Wycherley's 'The Country Wife', Aphra Behn's 'The Rover', and William Congreve's 'The Way of the World'". Ed. Baumbach, Sibylle, Neumann, Birgit, Ünning, Ansgar. A History of British Drama: Genres-Developments-Model Interpretations. {Falta nombre ciudad}: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2011, p. 114-127.
    • Czennia, Bä. "The Taming of the Rake: Congreve's 'The Way of the World' on the German Eighteenth-Century Stage". 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era. 2005, 11, p. 265-299.
    • Croft, Susan. "The Way of the World and Morally Serious Comedy". Ed. Gale, Maggie B.; Gardner, Viv. Auto/Biography and Identity: Women, Theatre and Performance. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2004, p. 78-98.
    • Evans, James E. "'The Way of the World' and the Beau Defeated: Strains of Comedy in 1700". South Atlantic Review. 2003, vol. 1, 68, p. 15-33.
    • Gardner, Kevin J. "Patrician Authority and Instability in 'The Way of the World'". South Central Review. 2002, vol. 1, 19, p. 53-75.
    • Kroll, Richard. "Congreve as Whig: The Politics of Equivalence in 'The Way of the World'". REAL: The Yearbook of Research in English and American Literature. 2002, 18, p. 21-38.
    • Gill, Pat. "''The Way of the Word'': Telling Differences in Congreve's 'Way of the World'". Ed. Quinsey, Katherine M. Broken Boundaries: Women and Feminism in Restoration Drama. {Falta nombre ciudad}: UP of Kentucky, 1996, p. 164-181.
    • Loftis, John E. "Congreve's Way of the World and Popular Criminal Literature". SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900. 1996, vol. 3, 36, p. 561-578.
    • Sieber, Anita. Character Portrayal in Congreve's Comedies the Old Batchelour, Love for Love, and 'The Way of the World'. {Falta nombre ciudad}: Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Salzburg, 1996.
    • Heron, Josette. "Le Théâtre de la Restauration, Est-Il Immoral? Est-Il Amoral? Le case de 'The Way of the World'". Etudes Anglaises: Grande-Bretagne, Etats-Unis. 1993, vol. 4, 46, p. 398-406.
    • Loreau, Jean-Claude. "Jeu, Mots Et Maux Dans 'The Way of the World'". Bulletin De La Societe d'Etudes Anglo-Americaines Des XVIIe Et XVIIIe Siecles. 1993, 37, p. 61-71.
    • Morère, Pierre. "Esprit Du Thé tre De l'Esprit Dans 'The Way of the World' De William Congreve". Q/W/E/R/T/Y: Arts, Litteratures & Civilisations Du Monde Anglophone. 1993, 3, p. 25-30.
    • Plaisant, Michèle. "'The Way of the World', Comédie 'Noire'?". Bulletin De La Societe d'Etudes Anglo-Americaines Des XVIIe Et XVIIIe Siecles. 1993, 37, p. 51-60.
    • Andrews, Michael Cameron. "Beaumont's 'The Knight of the Burning Pestle'". Explicator. 1991, vol. 2, 49, p. 79-80.
    • Palmes, Maria. "William Congreve: 'The Way of the World'". Ed. Mainusch, Herbert. Europäische Komödie. {Falta nombre ciudad}: Wiss. Buchgesell, 1990,, p. 73-97.
    • Snider, Alvin. "Professing a Libertine in 'The Way of the World'". Papers on Language and Literature: A Journal for Scholars and Critics of Language and Literature. 1989, vol. 4, 25, p. 376-397.
    • Kroll, Richard W. F. "Discourse and Power in 'The Way of the World'". Elh. 1986, vol. 4, 53, p. 727-758.
    • Braverman, Richard. "Capital Relations and 'The Way of the World'". ELH. 1985, vol. 1, 52, p. 133-158.
    • Neufeld, James E. "The Indigestion of Widow-Hood: Blood, Jonson, and 'The Way of the World'". Modern Philology: A Journal Devoted to Research in Medieval and Modern Literature. 1984, vol. 3, 81, p. 233-243.
    • Hesse, Everett. "The 'Lazarillo de Tormes' and 'The Way of the World'". Revista De Estudios Hispanicos. 1977, 11, p. 163-180.
    • Hinnant, Charles H. "Wit, Propriety, and Style in 'The Way of the World'". SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900. 1977, vol. 3, 17, p. 373-386.
    • Corman, Brian. "'The Way of the World' and Morally Serious Comedy". University of Toronto Quarterly: A Canadian Journal of the Humanities. 1975, 44, p. 199-212.
    • Kaufman, Anthony. "Language and Character in Congreve's 'The Way of the World'". Texas Studies in Literature and Language: A Journal of the Humanities. 1973, 15, p. 411-427.
    • Roper, Alan. "Language and Action in 'The Way of the World', Love's Last Shift, and the Relapse". Elh. 1973, vol. 1, 40, p. 44-69.
    • Hume, Robert D. "A Revival of 'The Way of the World' in December 1701 Or January 1702". Theatre Notebook: A Journal of the History and Technique of the British Theatre. 1971, 26, p. 30-36..
    • Hurley, Paul J. "Law and the Dramatic Rhetoric of 'The Way of the World'". South Atlantic Quarterly. 1971, 70, p. 191-202.
    • Lyons, Charles R. "Disguise, Identity, and Personal Value in 'The Way of the World'". Educational Theatre Journal. 1971, 23, p. 258-268.
    • Teyssandier, H. "Congreve's Way of the World: Decorum and Morality". English Studies: A Journal of English Language and Literature. 1971, 52, p. 124-131.
    • Bacquet, Paul. "Structure et valeur dramatiques de 'Gorboduc'". Filoloski Pregled: Casopis Saveza Drustava za Strane Jezike i Knjizevnost SFRJ. 1964, vol. 2, 1, p. 247-259.
    • Mueschke, Paul and Miriam. A New View of Congreve's Way of the World. {Falta nombre ciudad}: U of Michigan P, 1958.

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