John Vanbrugh (1664–1726)
Auteur de Restoration Plays
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Œuvres de John Vanbrugh
The Mistake. A Comedy 3 exemplaires
The Confederacy 3 exemplaires
The false friend, a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-lane, by His Majesty's servants 2 exemplaires
The Provok'd Husband 1 exemplaire
[Five plays, early editions] 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Vanbrugh, John
- Date de naissance
- 1664-01-24
(baptism) - Date de décès
- 1726-03-26
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- England
- Pays (pour la carte)
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Westminster, London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England (birth, death)
- Professions
- playwright
architect
dramatist
herald - Organisations
- Kit Kat Club
- Prix et distinctions
- knighted 1714
- Courte biographie
- Pronounced VAN-bruh
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 17
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 596
- Popularité
- #42,151
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 39