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Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642 – 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1689.
8 de abr. de 2024 · Thomas Shadwell was an English dramatist and poet laureate, known for his broad comedies of manners and as the butt of John Dryden’s satire. Educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and at the Middle Temple, London, after the Restoration (1660) Shadwell became one of the court wits and an acquaintance.
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Thomas Shadwell (Norfolk, 1642 — Londres, 19 de novembro de 1692) foi um poeta e dramaturgo britânico. Em 1689, foi nomeado poeta laureado do Reino Unido . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The Libertine is a play by Thomas Shadwell published in 1676. The play is an adaptation of the original plot of El burlador de Sevilla, written by Tirso de Molina, which follows the story of a horrid womanizer who plays with his life and others as he commits sins and "shapeshifts" into a devil-like man.
Há 4 dias · Learn about Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642—1692), a dramatist who wrote comedies and operas, and who quarrelled with Dryden. Find reference entries, related content, and search results in Oxford Reference.
Introduction. Thomas Shadwell — Dryden's perhaps unfairly pilloried ‘MacFlecknoe’ — was a Restoration dramatist of some stature who has left a substantial body of works, including a small number of authorial manuscripts.
In 1674, Thomas Shadwell adapted their play into an opera, which became the most frequently performed version of The Tempest until Shakespeare’s original text was revived in 1838. In Dryden’s Prologue, praise of Shakespeare vies with a sense that his “honour’d dust” must be brought up to date.
