Behn has been credited with an improvement in Killigrew's "indulgent and inert" dialogue in the third act of the play.[1]
Derek Hughes and Janet Todd critiqued the play in The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn.[4]
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The title, The Rover, indicated that the play is a tribute. It is a tribute to exiled cavalier (now reinstated to the throne), King Charles II.
