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Thomas Otway (1652–1685)

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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 visa mer 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) visa färre
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Verk av Thomas Otway

Restoration Plays (1939) — Bidragsgivare — 214 exemplar
Restoration Plays (1953) — Bidragsgivare — 166 exemplar
Venice Preserved (1969) 57 exemplar
Thomas Otway (1888) 12 exemplar
The Souldiers Fortune (2007) 7 exemplar
Restoration Tragedies (Oxford Paperbacks) (1977) — Bidragsgivare — 6 exemplar
Don Carlo (2015) 5 exemplar

Associerade verk

Twelve Famous Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1933) — Bidragsgivare — 141 exemplar
The Standard Book of British and American Verse (1932) — Bidragsgivare — 114 exemplar
British Dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan (1939) — Bidragsgivare, vissa utgåvor91 exemplar
Five Restoration Tragedies (1941) — Bidragsgivare — 14 exemplar

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Oddly enough, one of my favourite plays from the time period. It's so typical that it's a delight.
 
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Cacuzza | 1 annan recension | Nov 14, 2013 |
Otway is known for one tragedy, Venice Preserved, which I have read and did not find as moving as others. It is interesting to have all his works here. The four stars is more out of respect for his reputaton than my personal opinion.
 
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antiquary | Sep 4, 2011 |
This volume collects some of the most engaging and enduring plays of the Restoration period, 1660-1710. Among the five tragedies and two comedies are All for Love by John Dryden, The Country Wife by William Wycherley, The Way of the World by William Congreve, Venice Preserv'd by Thomas Otway, The Beaux Stratagem by George Farquhar, The Provok'd Wife by Sir John Vanbrugh, and The Man of Mode by Sir George Etheridge.
 
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antimuzak | Apr 12, 2006 |
Wikipedia: Venice Preserv'd was one of the first of the she-tragedy plays, and the most significant tragedy of the English stage in the 1680s.
Contemporary audiences responded to the pathos of the character of Belvidera, which was written for the tragedienne Elizabeth Barry and capitalised on Barry's phenomenal success in the role of the similarly helpless Monimia in Otway's The Orphan (1680). Of all of the characters, Belvidera is the most powerless in the face of overwhelming social and political turmoil. Each of the characters has a conflict between the social and personal laws of class and self. Belvidera has to struggle against duty to father and to love. Jaffeir has to struggle against "honour" and love, as well as friendship and ideals. Priuli must decide between love of daughter and personal pride. Belvidera remained a starring role for actresses because her tragic situation was most affecting for audiences.… (mer)
 
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mmckay | 1 annan recension | Aug 25, 2007 |

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ISBN
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