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21 hours ago · Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889) was a prolific and controversial literary scholar, who built up vast collections on Shakespeare and English literature. Halliwell-Phillipps established a relationship with the Library through David Laing, who had arranged for Halliwell to have access to our rare copy of 'Titus Andronicus' (London, 1600).
May 29, 2024 · The lyric ‘I’ of Rochester’s libertine poems teases an interiority that is also glimpsed in plays such as William Wycherley’s The Country Wife, which is first staged in 1675 (the same year that ‘The Maim’d Debauchee’ begins to circulate in manuscript). When Horner tells his quack doctor: “[L]et vain rogues be contented only to ...
4 days ago · Writers studied on the module may include Aphra Behn, John Dryden, Sarah Fyge Egerton, the Earl of Rochester, and William Wycherley. General preliminary reading I would recommend Warren Chernaik's, Sexual Freedom in Restoration Literature (1995), and Deborah Payne Fisk (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Restoration Theatre (2012).
3 days ago · Her subsequent stage appearances with the National Theatre included roles in William Wycherley’s The Country-Wife (1969), Farquhar’s The Beaux’ Stratagem (1970), and Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler (1970). Smith left the National Theatre in the early 1970s and appeared for several seasons at the Stratford (Ontario) Festival.
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5 days ago · The poet Dryden was assaulted in Covent Garden, on account of some verses in his 'Hind and Panther.' 1687, April 14. A soldier, William Grant, hanged in the market for running from his colours. 1636. This date is cut in a stone let into the brickwork of No. 23, King Street, of Evans's Hotel, we are told.
21 hours ago · Topics: children, escape, fatigue, party, shelter. More quotes by Nash, Ogden. More. Minority Report (1956) Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule -- and both commonly succeed, and are right.
4 days ago · The Country Wife by William Wycherley is a play that promises to keep the readers engaged from the beginning till the end. Bloomsbury Mermaid paperback edition. RRP 8.99
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