William Wycherley (–1716)
Autor von The Country Wife
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Wycherley is best known for his dark comedy, which is strong, ironic, and complex. The character of Manly in The Plain Dealer (1677) was taken to be a portrait of the author, although Manly is clearly based on Alceste in Moliere's Misanthrope. The Country Wife (1675), Wycherley's most popular play, mehr anzeigen has a cynical vitality. Taking a hint from a comedy by Terence, Horner pretends that he is impotent in order to have his way with the ladies, but his success does little to please him. The play demonstrates curious contrasts between truth-speakers and feigners, neither of which can be classified as entirely good or bad. Wycherley's other comedies are Love in a Wood (1671) and The Gentleman Dancing Master (1673). (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Three Restoration Comedies: The Man of Mode; The Country Wife; Love for love (English Library) (1968) 188 Exemplare
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The Country Wife (BBC Play of the Month) [1977 TV episode] — Playwright — 2 Exemplare
The complete works of William Wycherley 2 Exemplare
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Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Mitwirkender — 97 Exemplare
Covent Garden drollery; a miscellany of 1672 — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Wycherley, William
- Geburtstag
- 1641-04-08 (baptised)
- Todestag
- 1716-01-01
- Begräbnisort
- Covent Garden, London, England, UK
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Land (für Karte)
- England, UK
- Geburtsort
- Clive, Shropshire, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- Clive, Shropshire, England, UK
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK - Ausbildung
- Queen's College, Oxford University
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'Bawdy' is not an adjective that ever draws me to a work of literature, but I had to read this for my course. It is very much on the one note throughout, and lacks heart, but it had its moments and some of the double entendres were very clever. I even smiled a couple of times. It must be much more entertaining when performed, when the asides work better and the physical jokes are more apparent.
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!
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General plot: a man convinces the town that he's a eunuch so he can be alone with other men's wives without the men being suspicious, and he makes a lot of intimate friends with the ladies around town. Enter the naive girl from the country side (pun?), who has a lot to learn about her new social group.… (mehr)