Thomas Otway (1652–1685)
Autore di Restoration Plays
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Otway was probably the best writer of tragedies during the Restoration period. His Venice Preserved (1682) is rivaled only by Dryden's All for Love. As the Royal Shakespeare Company's production so well demonstrated, Venice Preserved is still a dark and passionate play. The love versus honor mostra altro conflict echoes the heroic drama, but Jaffier's vacillation between the demands of a friend and a wife reflects the somberness of a world in chaos, a Jacobean tragic theme. Otway's The Orphan (1680) set the fashion for a serious play based on pathos, if not actual tears. Otway had an unrequited passion for Mrs. Elizabeth Barry, the actress who appeared in most of his dramas. Penniless at the end of his life, he died while in a London tavern (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Thomas Otway
Works, 3 vols. Vol 3 missing. 2 copie
Alcibiades 2 copie
Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Otway (Illustrated) (Delphi Poets Series Book 92) (2020) 1 copia
The Works of Thomas Otway, Vol. 2 of 2: Consisting of His Plays, Poems, and Letters; With a Sketch of His Life,… (2016) 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1652-03-03
- Data di morte
- 1685-04-14
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- England
- Nazione (per mappa)
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Trotton, Sussex, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- choked on food (reputedly)
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England
- Istruzione
- Winchester School, Winchester, England, UK
Oxford University (Christ Church College) - Attività lavorative
- dramatist
poet
soldier
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 33
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 582
- Popolarità
- #43,090
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 48
- Lingue
- 1