George Farquhar (1678–1707)
Autor de Restoration Plays
Sobre El 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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
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Obras de George Farquhar
The Recruiting Officer and Other Plays: The Constant Couple; The Twin Rivals; the Recruiting Officer; The Beaux'… (1900) 46 copias
Three Restoration Comedies - The Way of the World, The Country Wife, The Beaux' Strategem — Autor — 16 copias
George Farquhar 13 copias
The Twin Rivals 3 copias
The stage-coach. A farce. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Written by Mr. Farquhar 1 copia
Dramatic Works Of George Farquhar. Edited, With Life And Notes By Alex. Charles Ewald (2008) 1 copia
The Works of the Late Ingenious, Mr George Farquhar: Containing all his Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies. in two… (1772) 1 copia
[Seven plays, early editions] 1 copia
Love and a Bottle. 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1678
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1707-04-29
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Kingdom of Ireland
- País (para mapa)
- UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland (birth)
London, England (death) - Educación
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Ocupaciones
- actor
playwright - Relaciones
- Centlivre, Susanna (friend)
Miembros
Reseñas
The Beaux Strategem por 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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- También por
- 4
- Miembros
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- Popularidad
- #29,595
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 8
- ISBNs
- 79