… Cambridge University Press, 1992. P. Gill, Interpreting Ladies: Women, Wit and Morality in the Restoration Comedy of Manners, Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1994. 11 . On the issue of celebrity, see for example B. Cowan, ‘News, …
… ‘Tis the most effectual means to baffle the Force of Discipline, to emasculate peoples Spirits, and Debauch their Manners.’ 11 Restoration-era playgoing occasioned self-monitoring; Pepys assessed himself a monetary forfeit (given to …