Author: Thomas ShadwellPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The sullen lovers. The humourists. The royal shepherdess. The virtuoso
Author: Thomas ShadwellThe sullen lovers. The humourists. The royal shepherdess. The virtuoso
Author: Thomas ShadwellThe sullen lovers; The humourists; The royal shepherdess; The viruoso
Author: Thomas ShadwellThe Complete Works of Thomas Shadwell: The sullen lovers. The royal shepherdesse. The humorists
Author: Thomas ShadwellThe Works of Tho. Shadwell,... Containing, in One Volume... 1. Sullen Lovers ; 2. Humorist ; 3. Royal Shepherdess ; 4. Virtuoso ; 5. Psyche ; 6. Libertine ; 7. Epsom-Wells ; 8. Timon of Athens ; 9. Miser ; 10. True Widow ; 11. Lancashire Witches ; 12. Woman Captain ; 13. Squire of Alsatia ; 14. Bury-Fair ; 15. Amorous Biggotte ; 16. Scowrers ; 17. Volunteers
Author: Thomas ShadwellThe Virtuoso
Author: Thomas ShadwellPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803253681
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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First published in 1676, The Virtuoso set a standard for theatrical satire. It was the most extensive dramatic treatment of modern science since Jonson's The Alchemist and took as its target no less than the Royal Society of London. Shadwell's barbs hit their targets often and cleanly. In 1689 he became Poet Laureate of England, a position he held until his death in 1692. The virtuoso of the title is Sir Nicholas Gimcrack, who like many after him confuses the extent of a collection with the depth of a science. Sir Gimcrack is fascinated by the geography of the moon, the worlds in his microscope, and the possibilities of human flight. More seriously and?for Shadwell's audience?more comically, his obsession with his arrays of worms and spiders proceeds at the expense of his wife and two beautiful nieces. The play also introduces Sir Formal Trifle, a pedantic ciceronian orator and coxcomb. His character established thereafter the theatrical type of the know-it-all blowhard. Famous for its wit and high-speed changes, The Virtuoso is also a display of the prestige of modern science and the pomposity of its ameteurs.
A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books
Author: Pickering & Chatto, firm, booksellers, LondonPublisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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The Works of Tho. Shadwell, Esq
Author: Thomas ShadwellJohnson's Lives of the British Poets
Author: Samuel JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books Offered for Sale
Author: Pickering & ChattoPublisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description