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John Banks (playwright)
John Banks (1650–1706) was an English playwright of the Restoration era. His works concentrated on historical dramas, and his plays were twice suppressed because of their implications, or supposed implications, for the contemporaneous political situation. Virtually nothing is known about Banks's early life; his date of birth has been estimated on the basis of his later biography. He studied law at the New Inn, one of the minor Inns of Chancery attached to the Middle Temple. Banks's first play was ''The Rival Kings'' of 1677, written in imitation of Nathaniel Lee's ''The Rival Queens'' of the same year. Banks followed this with '' The Destruction of Troy'', which was staged by the Duke's Company at the Dorset Garden Theatre in November 1678 and printed the following year. '' The Unhappy Favourite, or the Earl of Essex'' (1682), for which John Dryden provided a prologue and epilogue, was his first major success. ''Virtue Betrayed, or Anna Bullen'', published the same year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Banks, Vertue Betray'd Or Anna Bullen (1692)
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Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey ( 1537 – 12 February 1554), later known as Lady Jane Dudley (after her marriage) and as the "Nine Days' Queen", was an English noblewoman who claimed the throne of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. Jane was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII of England, Henry VII through his younger daughter Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Mary, and was a first cousin once removed of Edward VI. She had an excellent Renaissance humanism, humanist education, and a reputation as one of the most learned young women of her day. In May 1553, she married Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of Edward's chief minister John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. In June 1553, Edward VI wrote his will, nominating Jane and her male heirs as successors to the Crown, in part because his half-sister Mary I of England, Mary was Catholic, while Jane was a committed Protestant and would support the reformed Church of England, whose foundation Edward laid. The will removed his half-si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Uncertain
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1706 Deaths
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1650s Births
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Lincoln's Inn Fields
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Madeleine De Scudéry
Madeleine de Scudéry (15 November 1607 – 2 June 1701), often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry, was a French writer. Her works also demonstrate such comprehensive knowledge of ancient history that it is suspected she had received instruction in Greek and Latin. In 1637, following the death of her uncle, Scudéry established herself in Paris with her brother, Georges de Scudéry, who became a playwright. Madeleine often used her older brother's name, George, to publish her works. She was at once admitted to the Hôtel de Rambouillet coterie of préciosité, and afterwards established a salon of her own under the title of the ''Société du samedi'' (''Saturday Society''). For the last half of the 17th century, under the pseudonym of Sapho or her own name, she was acknowledged as the first bluestocking of France and of the world. She formed a close romantic relationship with Paul Pellisson which was only ended by his death in 1693. She never married. Biography Born at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrus The Great (play)
''Cyrus the Great'' is a 1695 tragedy by the British writer John Banks. It was his final work, although his earlier '' The Island Queens'' was staged several years later. Set at the court of the Persian Emperor Cyrus the Great, it was staged by Thomas Betterton's Company having previously been rejected by the United Company. John Downes described it as one of the "principal new plays" of the decade, although it did not enjoy many performances on stage. The original cast included Thomas Smith as Cyaxeres, Edward Kynaston as Hystaspes, John Bowman as Craesus, John Thurmond as Artabasus, Elizabeth Barry as Panthea and Anne Bracegirdle Anne Bracegirdle (possibly 167112 September 1748) was an English actress. Biography Bracegirdle was born to Justinian and Martha (born Furniss) Bracegirdle in Northamptonshire. She was baptised in Northampton on 15 November 1671, although her to ... as Lausaria. The play used the innovation of casting Barry as the romantic object of Cyrus' love, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1686 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1686. Events *January – John Dryden is recorded as having converted to Roman Catholicism. New books Prose *Pierre Bayle – ''Philosophical Commentary'' (on religious freedom) * Bernard de Fontenelle **''Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes (Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds)'' **''L'Histoire des oracles'' *Gottfried Leibniz **''Brevis Demonstratio Erroris Memorabilis Cartesii et Aliorum Circa Legem Naturae'' (A Brief Demonstration of the Memorable Error of Descartes and Others About the Law of Nature) **''Discours de Métaphysique'' *Ihara Saikaku (井原 西鶴) **''Twenty Cases of Unfilial Children (本朝二十不孝 Honchō Nijū Fukō)'' **''The Life of an Amorous Woman (好色一代女 Kōshoku Ichidai Onna)'' *Thomas Sydenham – ''Schedula monitoria de novae febris ingressu (Schedule of Symptoms of Newly Arrived Fever)'' Children *John Bunyan – ''A Book for Boys and Girls, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1684 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1684. Events *June 25 – The death of Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow, gives rise to establishment of the Leighton Library at Dunblane, the oldest surviving public subscription (lending) library in Scotland. *July 25 – The English novelist and dramatist Mary Griffith marries merchant George Pix. *November 11 – The English dramatist Nathaniel Lee is admitted to Bedlam Hospital for the insane. *''unknown dates'' **The Protestant Academy of Saumur is closed down by King Louis XIV of France. **John Banks' historical play ''The Island Queens, or the Death of Mary Queen of Scotland'' is banned from the stage; it is produced as ''The Albion Queens'' twenty years later (1704). **Pierre Bayle begins his journal of literary criticism, ''Nouvelles de la république des lettres''. New books Fiction *Aphra Behn – ''Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister'' *John Bunyan – ''The Pilgrim's P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1694 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1694. Events *August 24 – The Académie française publishes the first complete edition of its '' Dictionnaire'' in Paris. *October 25 – Jonathan Swift is ordained a deacon in the Church of Ireland. *December 28 – The death of Queen Mary II of England prompts the writing of numerous elegies. *''date unknown'' – Shortly before his death, Matsuo Bashō completes the writing of ''Oku no Hosomichi'' ("Narrow road to the interior"), not published until 1702. New books Prose *Edmund Arwaker – ''An Epistle to Monsieur Boileau'' *Mary Astell – ''A Serious Proposal to the Ladies'' * Thomas Pope Blount – ''De Re Poetica; or, Remarks upon Poetry'' *Gilbert Burnet – ''Four Discourses'' *Jeremy Collier – ''Miscellanies'' *John Dryden and Jacob Tonson – ''The Annual Miscellany: for the Year 1694'' *George Fox – ''The Journal of George Fox'', edited by Thomas Ellwood *Charles Gildon – ''Choru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1693 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1693. Events *February 27 – March 17 – John Dunton publishes ''The Ladies' Mercury'' in London, the first periodical specifically for women. *March – William Congreve's first play, the comedy ''The Old Bachelor'', is performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. *May – William Bradford prints the first book in New York, George Keith's ''New-England's Spirit of Persecution Transmitted to Pennsylvania''. *July 29 – Anthony Wood is condemned in the vice-chancellor's court of the University of Oxford for libels against Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon. He is fined and banished from the university until he recants. The offending pages are burned. *October – Congreve's comedy ''The Double Dealer'' is first performed at Drury Lane. *''unknown dates'' **Joseph Addison addresses an early poem to John Dryden. **Swedish scholar Petter Salan publishes in Upsala ''Fortissimorum pugilum Egil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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