The relapse

J. Vanbrugh, C. Zimansky

An ironic sequel to Colley Cibber's play Love's Last Shift. The Relapse has two plots, the first concerns Loveless, a reformed libertine who has been living in the country with his wife Amanda. When the couple return to London, Loveless, true to the title, relapses and pursues his wife's friend, Berinthia. The second plot has more comedy as it concerns the marital exploits of the newly ennobled Lord Foppington a Beau of the first rank but rather dim and very vain.