This edition has been prepared with the university student in mind who is often handicapped by a text that is unattractively presented in old-fashioned spelling, with insufficient editorial assistance. Every care has been taken to present the text in an attractive format. The spelling and punctuation have been modernized with the convenience of the reader in mind.
The text is fully annotated and all textual difficulties and allusions are fully elucidated. The analysis of the play and the short articles should prove beneficial, while the note on the Restoration theatre and playwrights, it is hoped, will enable the reader to see the play in its proper socio-literary milieu. With a view to stimulating further interest in Congreve's works, a few topics for discussion and a short bibliography have been appended.