Event |
The Provok'd Wife
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Venue |
University of Adelaide, The Hut, The University of Adelaide, SA |
First Date |
6 May 1948 |
Last Date |
7 May 1948 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Amateur |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
Sir John Vanburgh has neither Wycherley's dramatic power nor Congreve's marvellous style; but though not more mealy-mouthed, he is a better fellow than either of them. Not precisely of what his Foppington calls "a nice marality," but with plenty of high spirits and his heart in the right place. Foppington and his Sir John Brute are two of the best comic figures we have outside Shakespeare's plays; indeed Sir John, with his brutality and his "prudence" and his curious charm, stands not infinitely below his great namesake Fakestaff. Grant Vanburgh his conventions - after all there are not so ve |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Text Nationality |
England
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Event Status |
Completed
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Event Identifier
| 80058 |
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