George Farquhar: Professional DramatistStanford University, 1958 - 114 Seiten |
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... stage enter- tainment , have the power to determine practically , by their approval or disapproval , the success of a dramatic presentation . Lyric further says : And if you would tell a poet his fortune , you must gather it from the ...
... stage enter- tainment , have the power to determine practically , by their approval or disapproval , the success of a dramatic presentation . Lyric further says : And if you would tell a poet his fortune , you must gather it from the ...
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... stage in spight of his volatile temper and the temptation of a mask . " 32 Farquhar discerns also the " booby , " the beau - pretender , who strived to dress and cavort , in or outside the theatre , like the genu- inely fashionable beau ...
... stage in spight of his volatile temper and the temptation of a mask . " 32 Farquhar discerns also the " booby , " the beau - pretender , who strived to dress and cavort , in or outside the theatre , like the genu- inely fashionable beau ...
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... Stages , which was published in 1702 , condemns the " vile Farce " of the age , and vehemently regrets that " the Stage ... shou'd now be prostituted to Vagabonds , to Caperers , Eunuchs , Fiddlers , Tumblers and Gipsies . " Furthermore ...
... Stages , which was published in 1702 , condemns the " vile Farce " of the age , and vehemently regrets that " the Stage ... shou'd now be prostituted to Vagabonds , to Caperers , Eunuchs , Fiddlers , Tumblers and Gipsies . " Furthermore ...
Inhalt
FARQUHARS THEORY OF COMEDY | 11 |
LOVE AND A BOTTLE AND THE CONSTANT COUPLE | 24 |
FARQUHARS LATER COMEDIES | 43 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Angelica Archer Audiences in Eighteenth beau Beaux Stratagem Bottle caricatures characterization Charles Gildon chaste heroine Cibber classical unities Clincher Senior Colley Cibber Colonel Standard Comedy of Manners comedy-of-manners comic writing Congreve Constant Couple coquette critics dancing dialogue Discourse upon Comedy Dobrée dramatist Edmund Kean Eighteenth Century English comedy English Drama Etherege farce farcical Farquhar's comedies Farquhar's plays G. P. Putnam's Sons gallery George Farquhar human humorous Inconstant intrigue Leanthe lewd lines of action Love Lovewell Lucinda Lurewell's Lyric major melodramatic middle minor characters minor plot Mockmode Newgate prison period plays Farquhar plays of Farquhar's poetic justice present pretender to fashion Prologue quhar's rake Ralph Smith Recruiting Officer Restoration Comedy reveal Roebuck romantic scenes scornful lady Shrewsbury and Lichfield Sir Harry Wildair Sir Harry's spectators stant Couple Strauss theatre theatrical audience Thomas Betterton tradition Trudge unity University Press Vanbrugh variety of incidents Vizard Whilbey Wycherley York