William Wycherley (–1716)
Forfatter af 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, vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af William Wycherley
Three Restoration Comedies: The Man of Mode; The Country Wife; Love for love (English Library) (1968) 184 eksemplarer
Four Great Comedies of the Restoration and 18th Century: The Country Wife/School for Scandal/She Stoops to Conquer/Way… (1958) — Bidragyder — 115 eksemplarer
Three Restoration Comedies - The Way of the World, The Country Wife, The Beaux' Strategem — Forfatter — 16 eksemplarer
Delphi Complete Plays of William Wycherley (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Eleven) (2020) 6 eksemplarer
The Country Wife (BBC Play of the Month) [1977 TV episode] — Playwright — 2 eksemplarer
The complete works of William Wycherley 2 eksemplarer
Love in a Wood, or, St James's Park. A Comedy. 1 eksemplar
The Complete Plays of William Wycherley 1 eksemplar
William Wycherley - The Country Wife: "I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the… (2017) 1 eksemplar
The Gentleman Dancing-Master. A comedy 1 eksemplar
Plays 1 eksemplar
Miscellany poems: as satyrs, epistles, love-verses, songs, sonnets, &c. By W. Wycherley, Esq 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Bidragyder — 96 eksemplarer
Covent Garden drollery; a miscellany of 1672 — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
The plays of David Garrick, Volume 7: Garrick's Alterations of Others 1757-1773 (1982) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Wycherley, William
- Fødselsdato
- 1641-04-08 (baptised)
- Dødsdag
- 1716-01-01
- Begravelsessted
- Covent Garden, London, England, UK
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
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- England, UK
- Fødested
- Clive, Shropshire, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Clive, Shropshire, England, UK
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK - Uddannelse
- Queen's College, Oxford University
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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.… (mere)