The Dramatic Works Of John Crowne Vol 1

Author : John Crowne
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ISBN 13 : 9781330492512
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The Dramatic Works of John Crowne, Vol. 3 written by John Crowne and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of John Crowne, Vol. 3: With Prefatory Memoir and Notes "This Play," say the Editors of the Biographia Dramatica, "contains a good deal of low humour, and was a great favourite with King Charles II." Langbaine observes, "this Comedy is of that kind which the French call Base Comedie or Low Comedy, one degree removed from Farce." Having been approved of by his Majesty, it was equally approved of by the public, although a faction had arrayed itself to oppose its success. A large portion of the plot as well as of the language, has been taken from Moliere's Comedy, "Le Sicilien; ou L'amour peintre." Sir Richard Steele has drawn from the same source for incidents and scenes in his "Tender Husband." A translation of Moliere's Comedy not intended for the stage, by J. Ozell, appeared in 1714 under the title of "The Sicilian; or, Love makes a Painter." It consists of twenty scenes, not divided into acts; and the general scene is in Italy. Oldys in his Ms. notes to Laugbaine, in the British Museum, queries as to Sir Mannerly: "Is not this Beau Hewitt? - Sir George, in 1689, was made by William III. an Irish Peer, as Baron of Jamestown in the County of Longford, and Viscount Gowran, in the County of Kilkenny, in Ireland. He was son of Sir Thomas Hewitt, of Pishionbury in Hertfordshire, Baronet," and died in the year in which he was ennobled. Geneste remarks: - "On the whole it is a good play - it was printed without the performers' names Nukes and Underhill probably acted Sir Mannerly and his man Booby. This was in 1675, when the play was first produced. When performed on 6th February 1708, at Drury Lane, the cast was as follows: - Ramble, Booth; Sir Mannerly Shallow, Pack; Sir Thomas Rash, Norris; Merry, Mills; Lord Dry bone, Fairbank; Booby, Bullock; Porter, Johnson; Betty Frisque, Mrs Birknell; Lady Faddle, Mrs Powell; Isabella, Mrs Saunders; Christina, Mrs Bradshaw; Porter's Wife, Mrs Willis." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.