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Marriage à La Mode (play)
''Marriage à la Mode'' is a Restoration comedy by John Dryden, first performed in London in 1673 by the King's Company. It is written in a combination of prose, blank verse and heroic couplets. It has often been praised as Dryden's best comedic endeavour, and James Sutherland accounts for this by observing that "the comic scenes are beautifully written, and Dryden has taken care to connect them with the serious plot by a number of effective links. He writes with ... one of the most thoughtful treatments of sex and marriage that Restoration comedy can show." The play contains two songs, "Why Should a Foolish Marriage Vow" by Robert Smith and "Whilst Alexis Lay Pressed" by Nicholas Staggins, both set to Dryden's lyrics and printed in the 1673 book ''Choice Songs and Ayres for One Voyce to Sing to the Theorbo-Lute or Bass-Viol''. Characters * Polydamas, Usurper of Sicily. * Leonidas, the rightful Prince, unknown. * Argaleon, favourite to Polydamas. * Hermogenes, foster-fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dryden
John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration (England), Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romantic era, Romantic writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John". Early life Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire, where his maternal grandfather was the rector of All Saints Church, Aldwincle, All Saints. He was the eldest of fourteen children born to Erasmus Dryden and wife Mary Pickering, paternal grandson of Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet, Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st BaroneSir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet, t (1553–1632), and wife Frances Wilkes, Puritan landowning gentry who supported the Puritan cause and Parliament. He was a second cousin once removed of Jonath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Lydall
Edward Lydall was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. He was a member of the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Wilson p.34 His first known performance was in 1668. He generally played supporting roles. His surname is sometimes written as Lidell. Selected roles * Don Melchor de Guzman in ''An Evening's Love'' by John Dryden (1668) * Valerius in ''Tyrannick Love'' by John Dryden (1669) * Statilius in '' The Roman Empress'' by William Joyner (1670) * Prince Abdalla in '' The Conquest of Granada'' by John Dryden (1670) * Signor Cassidoro in '' The Generous Enemies'' by John Corye (1671) * Argaleon in '' Marriage à la mode'' by John Dryden (1672) * Collins in '' Amboyna'' by John Dryden (1673) * Don Alonzo in '' The Spanish Rogue'' by Thomas Duffett (1673) * Piso in ''Nero'' by Nathaniel Lee (1674) * Lelius in ''Sophonisba'' by Nathaniel Lee (1675) * Apollo in '' Psyche Debauched'' by Thomas Duffet (1675) * Loredano in '' Love in the Dark'' by Francis Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Plays
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''vest'' in Romanian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maarav) 'west' from עֶרֶב (erev) 'evening'. West is sometimes abbreviated as W. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays By John Dryden
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1673 Plays
Events January–March * January 22 – Impersonator Mary Carleton is hanged at Newgate Prison in London, for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation. * February 10 – Molière's ''comédie-ballet'' ''The Imaginary Invalid'' premiers in Paris. During the fourth performance, on February 17, the playwright, playing the title rôle, collapses on stage, dying soon after. * March 29 – Test Act: Roman Catholics and others who refuse to receive the sacrament of the Church of England cannot vote, hold public office, preach, teach, attend the universities or assemble for meetings in England. On June 12, the king's Catholic brother, James, Duke of York, is forced to resign the office of Lord High Admiral because of the Act. April–June * April 27 – ''Cadmus et Hermione'', the first opera written by Jean-Baptiste Lully, premières at the Paris Opera in France. * May 17 – In America, trader Louis Joliet and Jesuit missionary-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hutchings
Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings (14 July 1906 – 13 November 1989) was an English musicologist, composer and professor of music.David Scott. 'Hutchings, Arthur (James Bramwell)' in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001) Life Born in Sunbury-on-Thames, Hutchings had no formal musical education but played piano and violin to a high standard and sang as a chorister.''Who's Who in Music'' Fifth Edition (1969), p. 154 He taught, performed and composed, and was appointed organist at All Saints Church, East Sheen in 1929. While training as a teacher in London he made some key musical friendships during the 1930s: with Constant Lambert, Cecil Gray (composer), Cecil Gray, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Sorabji, Cyril Rootham (who offered advice on orchestration in 1938, the last year of his life) and Edmund Rubbra (who dedicated his Third Symphony to Hutchings in 1939).John Peace. Arthur Hutchings: An Appreciation of his Life and Work' In 1938 Hutchings became music master at Southend High Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Downes (prompter)
John Downes (died c. 1712) worked as a Prompter (theatre), prompter at the Duke's Company, and later the United Company, for most of the English Restoration, Restoration period 1660–1700. His "historical review of the stage", ''Roscius Anglicanus'' (1708 in literature, 1708), is an invaluable source for historians both of Restoration and of Stuart period (England), Stuart theater. Downes first enters the theatrical record in 1664, when he was registered by the Lord Chamberlain as a member of William Davenant's troupe under the patronage of the James II of England, Duke of York. By his own admission, stage fright kept him from an acting career, although he is known to have played Haly in ''The Siege of Rhodes''. Later in the 1660s, he is recorded as a member of Thomas Betterton's King's Company; his main work seems to have been as prompter. He continued in this function when the two companies united in 1682; when the companies split in 1694, he remained with Betterton until the mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Boutell
Elizabeth Boutell (early 1650s?—1715), was a British actress. Life She joined, soon after its formation, the company at the Theatre Royal, subsequently known as Drury Lane, and was accordingly one of the first women to appear on the English stage. Her earliest recorded appearance took place presumably in 1663 or 1664, as Estifania in ''Rule a Wife and Have a Wife''. She joined the King's Company about 1670 and played many important roles in the 1670s, including Benzayda in John Dryden's '' The Conquest of Granada'' (December 1670 and January 1671), and probably Rosalinda in Nathaniel Lee's ''Sophonisba'' (3 April 1675). She "created" among other characters, Melantha in Dryden's '' Marriage à la mode'' (c. April 1672), Margery Pinchwife in William Wycherley's ''The Country Wife'' (12 January 1675), Cleopatra in Dryden's '' All for Love'', and Mrs. Termagant in Shadwell's ''The Squire of Alsatia''. Cibber somewhat curiously omits from his ''Apology'' all mention of her name. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth James
Elizabeth James was an English stage actress of the seventeenth century. She was a member of the King's Company, based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Several of her known performances were in the premieres of work by John Dryden. She also featured in the debut of William Wycherley's ''The Country Wife'' in 1675. Her last known stage role was in 1676, although it appears she was still in the public eye more than a decade later.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.130-131 Selected roles * Damilcar in ''Tyrannick Love'' by John Dryden (1669) * Isabella in '' The Conquest of Granada'' by John Dryden (1670) * Alleria in ''The Generous Enemies'' by John Corye (1671) * Isabel in '' Love in a Wood'' by William Wycherley (1671) * Amalthea in '' Marriage à la mode'' by John Dryden (1672) * Sophronia in ''The Assignation'' by John Dryden (1672) * Julia in '' Amboyna'' by John Dryden (1673) * Arabella in '' The Amorous Old Woman'' by Thomas Duffett (1674) * Bianca in ''Othello'' by William Shak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Marshall
Rebecca Marshall (fl. 1663 – 1677) was a noted English actress of the Restoration era, one of the first generation of women performers on the public stage in Britain. She was the younger sister of Anne Marshall, another prominent actress of the period. The younger Marshall sister began acting with the King's Company, under the management of Thomas Killigrew, around 1663; she remained with that troupe for her full career, except for a final year with the rival Duke's Company in 1677. She acted with her sister Anne at least once, in John Dryden's '' The Maiden Queen'' in 1664; Anne played Candiope, and Rebecca played the Queen. When her older sister retired from the stage (temporarily) in 1668, Rebecca inherited several of her roles, as Aurelia in Dryden's ''An Evening's Love'' and Nourmahal in '' Aureng-zebe''; she may also have inherited the part of Evadne in Beaumont and Fletcher's ''The Maid's Tragedy''. Rebecca Marshall's other roles were: * Calpurnia in Shakespeare's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Cox (actress)
Elizabeth "Betty" Cox was an English stage actress of the seventeenth century. Life Her debut was in March 1671 when she acted Lydia in William Wycherley's '' Love in a Wood'', for the King's Company, based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans pp.17–18 She left the stage in 1675 but returned briefly in 1682. Selected roles * Lydia in '' Love in a Wood'' by William Wycherley (1671) * Violetta in ''The Assignation'' by John Dryden (1672) * Palmrya in '' Marriage à la mode'' by John Dryden (1672) * Octavia in ''Nero'' by Nathaniel Lee (1674) * Constantia in '' The Amorous Old Woman'' by Thomas Duffet (1674) * Desdemona in ''Othello'' by William Shakespeare (1675) * Panthea in ''A King and No King'' by John Fletcher (1675) * Indamora in '' Aureng-zebe'' by John Dryden (1675) *Sophonisba in ''Sophonisba'' by Nathaniel Lee (1675) * Artemira in '' The Heir of Morocco'' by Elkanah Settle Elkanah Settle (1 February 1648 – 12 February 1724) was an Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cartwright (actor)
William Cartwright (died 17 December 1686) was an English actor of the seventeenth century, whose career spanned the Caroline era to the Restoration. He is sometimes known as William Cartwright, Junior or William Cartwright the younger to distinguish him from his father, another William Cartwright (fl. 1598 – 1636), an actor of the previous generation. Early career William Cartwright the younger was about eighty years old when he died; he was therefore born around 1606 or 1607. Nothing is known of his early life; it is reasonable to assume that he began his stage career under his father's tutelage. He was included with his father on a 1635 list of actors; apparently they both belonged to the King's Revels Men at that time. James Wright's ''Historia Histrionica'' ( 1699) maintains that the younger Cartwright was associated with the Salisbury Court Theatre — which may refer to his time with his father's troupe, or may indicate that he was with Queen Henrietta's Men in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
