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Thomas Shadwell (født 1642 i Norfolk, død 19. november 1692 i Chelsea) var en engelsk dramatisk forfatter. Han studerede i Cambridge, derefter ved Middle Temple, gjorde en udenlandsrejse og blev efter sin hjemkomst hurtig en af tidens mest yndede teaterdigtere. Som tilhænger af revolutionen 1688 afløste han Dryden som poet laureate.
Shadwell adapted this into a bucolic frivolity in Act 2, scene 1, in which Cupid and Bacchus, with a chorus of nymphs and satyrs, dispute whether love or wine is more important. With memories of Thomas Betterton (actor-manager of the Duke's Company) in the title role and with Purcell's music, the play was revived several times up to 1745.
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.
Thomas Henry Shadwell Clerke, KH (1792–1849), was an Irish soldier and military journalist. Clerke was a native of Bandon, Cork. Being intended for the army, a profession also adopted by his brothers, St. John Augustus Clerke, who died a lieutenant-general and colonel 75th Foot, 17 January 1870 and William Clerke, afterwards a major in the ...
The Volunteers is a 1692 comedy play by the English writer Thomas Shadwell. [1] Shadwell completed the play shortly before his death and it was performed posthumously at the Drury Lane Theatre by the United Company. It is also known by the long title The Volunteers; or, The Stock-Jobbers . The original Drury Lane cast featured Anthony Leigh as ...
English. Genre. Comedy. Epsom Wells is a 1672 restoration comedy by the English writer Thomas Shadwell. It was the first in a line of plays set in spa towns. [1] The incidental music was composed by Nicholas Staggins. In the 1690s Henry Purcell scored a new staging of the play. It was performed at the Dorset Garden Theatre by the Duke's Company.
21 de feb. de 2024 · Thomas Shadwell was a descendant of the younger branch of a Staffordshire family of great antiquity. He was born at the paternal seat, Santon Hall, in Norfolk, about 1640. His father had been a member of the Middle Temple, but having declined to compete for the more splendid prizes of the law, his ambition was satisfied with the performance of the lowlier, though important duties, connected ...
