Details: 2 plays by one of the most successful female playwrights of the 18th century. The Busy Body: 71, [1]. A Bold Stroke For A Wife: iv, [3], 8-71, [1] p. 18 cm. "Bold Stroke" has an engraved frontispiece of Mr. Shuter in the character of Obadiah Prim. Frontispiece coming loose from text block. Both plays disbound. Reference labels on each.