George Farquhar (1678–1707)

Autore di Restoration Plays

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George Farquhar was Irish by birth. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin but left without earning a degree to become an actor. Later he wrote for the theater. He is most remembered for bringing to English comedy a fresh good humor and an emphasis on country settings. One of his plays, The mostra altro Recruiting Officer (1706), which Bertolt Brecht rewrote, is a lively takeoff on the author's own military experiences. His best-known play, The Beaux' Stratagem (1707), engages the marriage debate and the difficulty of divorce, drawing on divorce tracts of John Milton. It is a lively, very natural comedy of sensibility. Farquhar wrote Discourse upon Comedy in a Letter to a Friend, in which he defended the genre as "a well-framed tale, handsomely told, as an agreeable vehicle for counsel or reproof." Farquhar married a woman he thought to be wealthy. He was mistaken, however. He died penniless in London at the age of 29. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

Comprende i nomi: George Farquar, George Farquahar, Geroge. Farquhar, William (ed.) George; Archer Farquhar

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Opere di George Farquhar

Popolari Recenti

Restoration Plays (1939) — Collaboratore — 213 copie

Restoration Plays (1953) — Collaboratore — 169 copie

The Recruiting Officer (1965) 130 copie

The Beaux' Stratagem (1898) 126 copie

Six Restoration Plays (1959) — Collaboratore — 102 copie

The Recruiting Officer and Other Plays: The Constant Couple; The Twin Rivals; the Recruiting Officer; The Beaux'… (1900) 46 copie

Three Restoration Comedies - The Way of the World, The Country Wife, The Beaux' Strategem — Autore — 16 copie

Constant Couple (Swan Theatre Plays) (1988) 15 copie

George Farquhar 13 copie

The dramatic works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar 8 copie

The Beaux' Stratagem (New Mermaids) (2005) 6 copie

The works of the late ingenious Mr. George Farquhar : containing all his poems, letters, essays and comedies, publish'd… 3 copie

The Twin Rivals 3 copie

The complete works (1930) 3 copie

Sir Harry Wildair: Being the Sequel of the Trip to the Jubilee. A Comedy (2010) 2 copie

Love and business in a collection of occasionary verse, and eipistolary [sic] prose, not hitherto publish'd. A… 2 copie

The dramatic works of George Farquhar 1 copia

The Constant Couple. or a Trip to the Jubilee. a Comedy Acted At the Theatre-Royal. The Second Edition, with a New… 1 copia

The Recruiting Officer - edited by Michael Shugrue (1966) 1 copia

The stage-coach. A farce. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Written by Mr. Farquhar 1 copia

Dramatic Works Of George Farquhar. Edited, With Life And Notes By Alex. Charles Ewald (2008) 1 copia

The constant couple, or, a trip to the Jubilee. A comedy. Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His… 1 copia

The Works of the Late Ingenious, Mr George Farquhar: Containing all his Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies. in two… (1772) 1 copia

A Discourse upon Comedy, The Recruiting Officer, and The Beaux Stratagem ... Edited by Louis A. Strauss 1 copia

[Seven plays, early editions] 1 copia

Love and a Bottle. 1 copia

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Opere correlate

Love Letters (1996) — Collaboratore — 182 copie

Twelve Famous Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1933) — Collaboratore — 141 copie

British Dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan (1939) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 92 copie

Berliner Ensemble Adaptations : The tutor {Manheim/Sauerlander} + Coriolanus {Manheim} + The trial of Joan of Arc at… (2014) — Original author [Trumpets] — 5 copie

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Antologia (33) britannico (9) Classico (7) Commedia (16) Congreve (4) da leggere (7) Dramma (146) Dryden (4) English drama (6) Farquhar (7) George Farquhar (6) humorous (4) Inghilterra (5) Inglese (10) John Dryden (5) Letteratura (24) letteratura britannica (15) Letteratura inglese (21) Modern Library (10) Narrativa (17) non letto (6) opera teatrale (20) opere teatrali (75) Poesia (6) Restaurazione (32) restoration and 18c drama (7) restoration comedy (4) restoration drama (11) script (10) sullo scaffale (7) Teatro (40) The Country Wife (5) The Way of the World (5) Thomas Otway (4) Tragedia (4) Venice Preserved (4) William Congreve (5) Wycherley (4) XVII secolo (35) XVIII secolo (25)

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1678
Data di morte: 1707-04-29
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: Kingdom of Ireland
Nazione (per mappa): UK
Luogo di residenza: Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland (birth)
London, England (death)
Istruzione: Trinity College, Dublin
Attività lavorative: actor
playwright
Relazioni: Centlivre, Susanna (friend)

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The Beaux Strategem di George Farquhar

Phoenix Falmouth

Segnalato

rogamills | 3 altre recensioni | Oct 8, 2022 |

Six Restoration plays di John Harold Wilson

Yeah, not so fond of Restoration theater. Too mannered, too constrained, too rule-bound. Not to mention, um, sexist. But here are: Wycherly, The Country Wife (satire/farce); Etheridge, The Man of Mode (satire/farce); Dryden, All for Love (his version of Antony & Cleopatra); Otway, Venice Preserved (baroque tragedy); Congreve, The Way of the World (I hate this play!); Farquhar, The Beaux Strategem (sentimental comedy). Yuck!

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deckla | Jul 19, 2018 |

The Recruiting Officer (New Mermaids) di George Farquhar

Revisions to this edition of The Recruiting Officer' include new notes based on recent scholarly material and the editor's further study of the text, and an up-to-date reading list.'

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Roger_Scoppie | Apr 3, 2013 |

The beaux' strategem a comedy in five acts di George Farquhar

This play is a comedy about two gentlemen who have both lost their fortunes and who travel about as master and man. The story features many colorful characters--Lady Bountiful, Squire Sullen and Scrub.

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TrysB | 3 altre recensioni | Jun 7, 2012 |

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