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William Cartwright (1 September 1611 – 29 November 1643) was an English poet, dramatist and churchman.
William Cartwright (born December 1611, Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, Eng.—died Nov. 29, 1643, Oxford, Oxfordshire) was a British writer greatly admired in his day as a poet, scholar, wit, and author of plays in the comic tradition of Ben Jonson.
William is the son of Alice's best friend, the wealthy Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates). While Alice travels with Charlotte in a road trip without destiny, the ambition and infidelity of William trigger a series of events that will affect relationships in both families.
William Cartwright was an English poet and dramatist. His poems and plays were collected in Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with Other Poems (Humphrey Moseley) in 1651. He passed away in Oxford, England, on November 29, 1643.
Overview. William Cartwright. (1611—1643) poet, playwright, and Church of England clergyman. Quick Reference. (1611–43) Oxford scholar, preacher, poet, and dramatist, one of the ‘sons’ of Ben Jonson. His most successful play, The Royal Slave, was performed before Charles I in 1636, and revived ...
William Cartwright, of Christ Church, Oxford, was one of the best known Oxford poets and dramatists of his time. His greatest triumph was the tragi-comedy The Royal Slave, which was produced at Christ Church, with sets and costumes by Inigo Jones and music by Henry Lawes, before Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria on 30 August 1636.
William Cartwright may refer to: William Cartwright (dramatist) (1611–1643), English dramatist and churchman. William Cartwright (1634–1676), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659. William Cartwright (actor) (died 1686), English actor.
William Cartwright, 1611–43, English author and divine. An ardent royalist and disciple of Ben Jonson, he had a high reputation as a preacher and author. In addition to his poems, which are now almost entirely forgotten, Cartwright wrote plays, of which The Ordinary (1635?) and The Royal Slave (1636) were the most successful.
William Cartwright (1 September 1611 – 29 November 1643) was an English poet, dramatist and churchman.
This brief resume of the known facts of Cartwright's life only faint-ly suggests the remarkable name he made for himself as poet, drama-tist, and preacher. John Leigh wrote of him: Cartwright, rare Cartwright, to whom all must bow, That was best Preacher and best Poet too; Whose learned Phansie never was at rest,
