Author: James Norman Hamilton MarshallPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Three Restoration Comedies. (The Way of the World
Author: James Norman Hamilton MarshallPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Three Restoration Comedies
Author: George EtheregePublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141937742
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
After the restoration of King Charles II to the British throne in 1660, dramatists experienced new freedom in an age that broke from the strict morality of puritan rule and in which elegance and wit became the chief virtues. Irreverent, licentious and cynical, the three plays collected here hold up a mirror to this dazzling era and satirize the gulf between appearances and reality. In Etherege's The Man of Mode (1676), the womanizing Dorimant meets his match when he falls in love with the unpretentious Harriet, while Wycherley's The Country Wife (c. 1675) depicts the rakish Horner who fakes impotence to fool trusting husbands into giving him easy access to their wives. And in Congreve's Love for Love (1695), the extravagant Valentine can only win his beloved Angelica if he loses his inheritance.
Three Restoration Comedies- the Country Wife, Way of the World,Rehearsal Way of the World
Author: G G. FalleThe Way of the World
Author: William CongrevePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387246046
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The wittiest and the most dramatic of the Restoration comedies by one of the best playwrights of the age. Presented in an easily read format for today's readers.
Three Restoration Comedies. Edited with introduction by N. Marshall. The Way of the World-William Congreve. The Country Wife-William Wycherley. The Beaux' Stratagem-George Farquhar
Author: Norman MarshallThe Way of the World
Author: William CongrevePublisher:
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Category : Irish drama (in English)
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Way of the World
Author: William CongrevePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781977618818
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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The Way of the World is a play premiering in 1700 widely regarded as being one of the best Restoration comedies written and is still performed sporadically to this day. William Congreve William Congreve was born in Bardsey, Yorkshire, England near Leeds.His parents were William Congreve (1637-1708) and Mary née Browning (1636?-1715). The family moved to London in 1672. They relocated again in 1674 to the Irish port town of Youghal where his father served as a lieutenant in the British army. Congreve spent his childhood in Ireland, where his father, a Cavalier, had settled during the reign of Charles II. Congreve was educated at Kilkenny College where he met Jonathan Swift, and at Trinity College in Dublin. Upon graduation, he matriculated in the Middle Temple in London to study law, but preferred literature, drama, and the fashionable life. Congreve used the pseudonym Cleophil, under which he published Incognita: or, Love and Duty reconcil'd in 1692. This early work, written when he was about 17 years of age, gained him recognition among men of letters and an entrance into the literary world. He became a disciple of John Dryden whom he met through gatherings of literary circles held at Will's Coffeehouse in the Covent Garden District of London. John Dryden supported Congreve's work throughout his life, taking the form of complimentary introductions written for some of Congreve's publications.(24 January 1670 - 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. He is known for his clever, satirical dialogue and influence on the comedy of manners style of that period. He was also a minor political figure in the British Whig Party.
The Man of Mode
Author: George EtheregePublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0713681934
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A revised reprint of this classic drama text with the addition of anew section on Recent Stage History and Critical Interpretation.
The Way of the World
Author: William CongrevePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The Way of the World is a play written by the English playwright William Congreve. It premiered in early March 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It is widely regarded as one of the best Restoration comedies and is still occasionally performed. Initially, however, the play struck many audience members as continuing the immorality of the previous decades, and was not well received
Author: George G. FALLE