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John Vanbrugh (1664–1726)

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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 näytä lisää 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) näytä vähemmän

Sisältää nimet: John Vanbrugh, Sir John Vanbrugh

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British Dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan (1939) — Avustaja, eräät painokset91 kappaletta
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Kanoninen nimi
Vanbrugh, John
Syntymäaika
1664-01-24
(baptism)
Kuolinaika
1726-03-26
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
England
Maa (karttaa varten)
UK
Syntymäpaikka
London, England, UK
Kuolinpaikka
Westminster, London, England, UK
Asuinpaikat
London, England (birth, death)
Ammatit
playwright
architect
dramatist
herald
Organisaatiot
Kit Kat Club
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
knighted 1714
Lyhyt elämäkerta
Pronounced VAN-bruh

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The Relapse is a satirical indictment of English excess following the defeat of puritanism and the Restoration of the English monarchy.
 
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Shinsengumi | 1 muu arvostelu | Apr 7, 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: The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger is a sequel to Colley Cibber's Love's Last Shift, or, Virtue Rewarded. Love's Last Shift, a free-living Restoration rake is brought to repentance and reform by the ruses of his wife, while in The Relapse, the rake succumbs again to temptation and has a new love affair. His virtuous wife is also subjected to a determined seduction attempt, and resists with difficulty.

Vanbrugh planned The Relapse around particular actors at Drury Lane, writing their stage habits, public reputations, and personal relationships into the text. One such actor was Colley Cibber himself, who played the luxuriant fop Lord Foppington in both Love's Last Shift and The Relapse. However, Vanbrugh's artistic plans were threatened by a cutthroat struggle between London's two theatre companies, each of which was "seducing" actors from the other. The Relapse came close to not being produced at all, but the successful performance that was eventually achieved in November 1696 vindicated Vanbrugh's intentions, and saved the company from bankruptcy as well.

Unlike Love's Last Shift, never again performed after the 1690s, The Relapse has retained its audience appeal. In the 18th century, however, its tolerant attitude towards actual and attempted adultery gradually became unacceptable to public opinion, and the original play was for a century replaced on the stage by Sheridan's moralised version A Trip to Scarborough (1777). On the modern stage, The Relapse has been established as one of the most popular Restoration comedies, valued for Vanbrugh's light, throwaway wit and the consummate acting part of Lord Foppington, a burlesque character with a dark side.
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mmckay | 1 muu arvostelu | Aug 25, 2007 |
The Rehearsal
The Country Wife
The Man of Mode
All For Love
Venice Preserv'd
The Relapse
The Way of the world
The Beaux' Stratagem
 
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