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Aug 23, 2012 · De Montfort: A Tragedy. Joanna Baillie concludes her first volume of "Plays on the Passions" with "De Montfort", the clearest and most focused distillation of her aims and principles. With her first tragedy, she hewed closely to the expansive example of Shakespeare and the Jacobean playwrights (especially John Fletcher, whose comedy "The Mad ...
De Monfort is an 1800 Gothic tragedy by the British writer Joanna Baillie. It was originally published in the author's Plays on the Passions in 1798. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, then under the management of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, on 29 April 1800.
Joanna of Flanders (c. 1295 – September 1374) was Duchess of Brittany by her marriage to John of Montfort. Much of her life was taken up in defense of the rights of her husband and, later, son to the dukedom, which was challenged by the House of Blois during the War of the Breton Succession.
Joanna Baillie was a well-known poet and dramatist of the early 19th century, who published 28 plays, seven of which were professionally produced. She also published two volumes of poetry, entitled Fugitive Verses and Metrical Legends, which were highly praised by her contemporaries.
After fleeing in shame from a lost duel, De Monfort comes face to face with the man who spared his life. Overwhelmed by the lifelong grudge he holds, he tries in vain to follow the advice of his friends and beloved sister. Is his rival truly working against him or is he lashing out at shadows?
In spite of Joanna Baillie’s desire that her dramas should succeed on the stage, only seven of the twenty-eight—De Monfort, The Family Legend, Henriquez, The Separation, The Election, Constantine Paleologus, and Basil—have been professionally produced.
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May 29, 2024 · This chapter, which is on Joanna Baillie’s pictorial dramaturgy, examines Baillie’s treatment of the face as a visual aid, illustrating how hatred takes effect and is experienced.
