Her dramatic works are,

1, 2.  The Rover:  Or, the banished Cavalier.  In two parts, both comedies; acted at the duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to. 1677 and 1681.  Those plays are taken in a great measure from Killegrew’s Don Thomaso, or the wanderer.

3.  The Dutch Lover, a Comedy, acted at the Duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to, 1673.  The plot of this play is founded upon a Spanish Comedy entitled, Don Fenise, written by Don Francisco de las Coveras.

4.  Abdelazer; or the Moor’s Revenge, a Tragedy, acted at the duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to. 1671.  It is taken from an old play of Marlow’s, intitled, Lust’s Dominion; or the Lascivious Queen, a Tragedy.

5.  The Young King; or the Mistake, a Tragi-Comedy, acted at the duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to. in 1683.  The design of this play is taken from the story of Alcamenes and Menalippa, in Calprenede’s Cleopatra.

6.  The Round-Heads; or the Good Old Cause, a Comedy; acted at the duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to. 1682.  It is dedicated to Henry Fitzroy—­duke of Grafton.

7.  The City Heiress; or Sir Timothy Treatwell, a Comedy; acted at the duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to. in 1682, dedicated to Henry Earl of Arundel, and Lord Mowbray.  Most of the characters in this play are borrowed, according to Langbaine, from Massinger’s Guardian, and Middleton’s Mad World my Masters.

8.  The Town Fop, or Sir Timothy Tawdry, a Comedy, acted at the duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to. 1677.  This play is founded on a comedy written by one George Wilkins, entitled, the Miseries of inforced Marriage.

9.  The False Count, or a New Way to play an old Game, a Comedy; acted at the duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to. 1682 Isabella’s being deceived by the Chimney Sweeper is borrowed from Mollier’s precieuse Ridicules.

10.  The Lucky Chances; or an Alderman’s Bargain, a Comedy, acted by the King’s company, and printed in 4to. in 1687.  It is dedicated to Hyde Earl of Rochester.  This play was greatly condemned by the critics; some incidents in it are borrowed from Shirley’s Lady of Pleasure.

11.  The forced Marriage; or the jealous Bridegroom, a Tragi-Comedy, acted at the duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to, 1671.

12.  Sir Patient Fancy; a Comedy, acted at the duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to. 1678.  The plot of this play, and some of the characters, particularly Sir Patient, is borrowed from Moliere’s Malades Imaginaires.

13.  The Widow Ranter; or the History of Bacon in Virginia, a Tragi-Comedy, acted by the King’s company, and printed 1690.  It is uncertain where she had the history of Bacon; but the catastrophe seems founded on the story of Cassius, who died by the hand of his freed man.  This play was published after Mrs. Behn’s death by one G.I., her friend.

14.  The Feigned Courtezan; or a Night’s Intrigue, a Comedy, acted at the duke’s theatre, and printed in 4to. 1679.  It is dedicated to the famous Ellen Gwyn, King Charles IId’s mistress, and is esteemed one of Mrs. Behn’s best plays.