The Rover: The Banished Cavaliers

The Rover or The Banish'd Cavaliers (1677) is a play in two parts that is written by the English female author Aphra Behn. It is a revision of Thomas Killigrew's play Thomaso, or The Wanderer (1664) , and depicts the amorous adventures of a group of Englishmen in Naples at Carnival time. According to Restoration poet John Dryden, it "lacks the manly vitality of Killigrew's play, but shows greater refinement of expression." The play stood for three centuries as "Behn's most popular and most respected play." The Rover features multiple plot lines, dealing with the amorous adventures of a group of Englishmen in Naples at Carnival time.