John Vanbrugh (1664–1726)
Autore di Restoration Plays
Sull'Autore
Vanbrugh was an architect as well as a playwright, and his massive style of building provoked the following mock-epitaph: "Lie heavy on him, Earth! for he/ Laid many heavy loads on thee!" Vanbrugh is best known for two comedies. In The Relapse (1696), which is a sequel to the sentimental play of mostra altro Colley Cibber, Love's Last Shift, Vanbrugh questions the essential goodness of human beings, especially when presented in the form of an inveterate rake. The foppish Lord Foppington in this play is a memorable character. In The Provoked Wife (1697), Vanbrugh has fun with the serious issue of marital incompatibility. Sir John Brute, played with great success by David Garrick, is a caricature of a drunken, dim-witted, loutish aristocrat. Brute's attitudinizing is admirably rendered on stage. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di John Vanbrugh
The Mistake. A Comedy 3 copie
The Confederacy 3 copie
The Provok'd Husband 1 copia
[Five plays, early editions] 1 copia
Opere correlate
Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Collaboratore — 96 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Vanbrugh, John
- Data di nascita
- 1664-01-24
(baptism) - Data di morte
- 1726-03-26
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- England
- Nazione (per mappa)
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Westminster, London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England (birth, death)
- Attività lavorative
- playwright
architect
dramatist
herald - Organizzazioni
- Kit Kat Club
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- knighted 1714
- Breve biografia
- Pronounced VAN-bruh
Utenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 17
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 596
- Popolarità
- #42,151
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 39