George Farquhar (1678–1707)
Autor/a de Restoration Plays
Sobre l'autor
George Farquhar was Irish by birth. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin but left without earning a degree to become an actor. Later he wrote for the theater. He is most remembered for bringing to English comedy a fresh good humor and an emphasis on country settings. One of his plays, The mostra'n més Recruiting Officer (1706), which Bertolt Brecht rewrote, is a lively takeoff on the author's own military experiences. His best-known play, The Beaux' Stratagem (1707), engages the marriage debate and the difficulty of divorce, drawing on divorce tracts of John Milton. It is a lively, very natural comedy of sensibility. Farquhar wrote Discourse upon Comedy in a Letter to a Friend, in which he defended the genre as "a well-framed tale, handsomely told, as an agreeable vehicle for counsel or reproof." Farquhar married a woman he thought to be wealthy. He was mistaken, however. He died penniless in London at the age of 29. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de George Farquhar
The Recruiting Officer and Other Plays: The Constant Couple; The Twin Rivals; the Recruiting Officer; The Beaux'… (1900) 46 exemplars
Three Restoration Comedies - The Way of the World, The Country Wife, The Beaux' Strategem — Autor — 16 exemplars
George Farquhar 13 exemplars
The Twin Rivals 3 exemplars
The dramatic works of George Farquhar 1 exemplars
The stage-coach. A farce. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Written by Mr. Farquhar 1 exemplars
Dramatic Works Of George Farquhar. Edited, With Life And Notes By Alex. Charles Ewald (2008) 1 exemplars
The constant couple, or, a trip to the Jubilee. A comedy. Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His… 1 exemplars
The Works of the Late Ingenious, Mr George Farquhar: Containing all his Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies. in two… (1772) 1 exemplars
A Discourse upon Comedy, The Recruiting Officer, and The Beaux Stratagem ... Edited by Louis A. Strauss 1 exemplars
[Seven plays, early editions] 1 exemplars
Love and a Bottle. 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Twelve Famous Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1933) — Col·laborador — 141 exemplars
Berliner Ensemble Adaptations : The tutor {Manheim/Sauerlander} + Coriolanus {Manheim} + The trial of Joan of Arc at… (2014) — Original author [Trumpets] — 5 exemplars
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- Data de naixement
- 1678
- Data de defunció
- 1707-04-29
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Kingdom of Ireland
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- UK
- Llocs de residència
- Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland (birth)
London, England (death) - Educació
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Professions
- actor
playwright - Relacions
- Centlivre, Susanna (friend)
Membres
Ressenyes
The Beaux Strategem de George Farquhar
Phoenix Falmouth
Yeah, not so fond of Restoration theater. Too mannered, too constrained, too rule-bound. Not to mention, um, sexist. But here are: Wycherly, The Country Wife (satire/farce); Etheridge, The Man of Mode (satire/farce); Dryden, All for Love (his version of Antony & Cleopatra); Otway, Venice Preserved (baroque tragedy); Congreve, The Way of the World (I hate this play!); Farquhar, The Beaux Strategem (sentimental comedy). Yuck!
Revisions to this edition of The Recruiting Officer' include new notes based on recent scholarly material and the editor's further study of the text, and an up-to-date reading list.'
This play is a comedy about two gentlemen who have both lost their fortunes and who travel about as master and man. The story features many colorful characters--Lady Bountiful, Squire Sullen and Scrub.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 26
- També de
- 4
- Membres
- 867
- Popularitat
- #29,521
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 8
- ISBN
- 79