TY  - BOOK
AU  - Centlivre,Susanna
AU  - Byrd,Jess
TI  - The Busie Body
AV  - PR 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - English drama
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Busie_Body; Augustan Reprint Society, publication number 19; Release date is 2005-09-24; Produced by Louise Hope, David Starner and the Online
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N2  - "The Busie Body" by Susanna Centlivre is a Restoration comedy first performed in 1709. The play follows two young couples attempting to outwit their guardians and choose their own marriage partners. Miranda must navigate her miserly guardian's control over her inheritance, while Isabinda faces her father's plan to marry her to a Spanish stranger. Meanwhile, the well-meaning but foolish Marplot repeatedly interferes in everyone's romantic schemes with disastrous results. This witty exploration of parental authority and matrimonial freedom became the eighteenth century's most popular female-authored play. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16740
ER  -