Poet, novelist, playwright, pamphleteer, translator, and even spy, Behn is one of the most significant and interesting figures in early women's writing and is considered to be the first woman to live by her pen. Her most important novel, Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave (1688) was adapted by Thomas Southerne as his play Oroonoko (1695). Behn was a prolific playwright, with The Rover. Or, The Banish't Cavaliers (1677) her most successful play. A number of her play prefaces constitute noteworthy literary criticism, especially the preface to The Dutch Lover (1673). Other play productions include The Forced Marriage (1670), The Amorous Prince (1671), Abdelazer; or, The Moor's Revenge (1676), The Town Fop; or, Sir Timothy Tawdry (1676), The Debauchee (1677), The Counterfeit Bridegroom; or, The Defeated Widow (1677), Sir Patient Fancy (1678), The Feigned Courtesans; or, A Night's Intrigue (1679), The Young King; or, The Mistake (1679), The Revenge: or, A Match in Newgate (1680), The False Count; or, A New Way to Play an Old Game (1681), The Roundheads; or, The Good Old Cause (1681), Like Father, Like Son (1682), The City Heiress: or, Sir Timothy Treat-all (1682), The Lucky Chance; or, An Alderman's Bargain (1686), The Emperor of the Moon (1687), The Widow Ranter; or, The History of Bacon in Virginia (1689), and The Younger Brother; or, The Amorous Jilt (1696).