George Villiers (1) (1628–1687)
Auteur van Restoration Plays
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Fotografie: George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Wikimedia Commons.
Werken van George Villiers
The Rehearsal / The Critic 12 exemplaren
Plays, poems, and miscellaneous writings associated with George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham, volumes I-II (2007) 2 exemplaren
Plays, poems, and miscellaneous writings associated with George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham, volume I (2007) 2 exemplaren
The Chances 1 exemplaar
[Two plays] 1 exemplaar
Poems 1 exemplaar
Plays, poems, and miscellaneous writings associated with George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham, volume II (2007) 1 exemplaar
An epitaph upon Thomas, late Lord Fairfax 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Villiers, George, Second Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Coventry, Viscount Villiers, Baron Whaddon, and Baron de Ros of Helmsley
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Villiers, George
- Geboortedatum
- 1628-01-30
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1687-04-16
- Graflocatie
- Chapel of St. Nicholas, Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK
- Nationaliteit
- England
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Geboorteplaats
- London, England
- Plaats van overlijden
- Kirkby Moorside, Yorkshire, England
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- complications of a cold
- Opleiding
- Trinity College, Cambridge (Master of Arts)
- Beroepen
- soldier
statesman
poet
playwright - Relaties
- Hobbes, Thomas (tutor)
Charles I, King of England (ward) - Organisaties
- Royal Society (Chemistry, 1661-05-15)
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- 16
- Ook door
- 4
- Leden
- 239
- Populariteit
- #94,925
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 18
- Talen
- 1
In the preface to the printed version of The Conquest of Granada, Dryden scolds his fellow dramatists for having immoral heroes and low sentiments, and he proposes a new type of theater, the "heroic drama." Buckingham's play is, in a sense, the old theater biting him back. In The Rehearsal, a director/author attempts to put on a new play, and he lectures his actors and critics with impossible and absurd instructions on the importance of what they are doing.
The Rehearsal infuriated Dryden, and it is not possible to see the satire without some political cause or effect. (Dryden would not forget the satire, and he made Buckingham into the figure of Zimri in his Absalom and Achitophel.) However, for readers and viewers what was most delightful was the way that Buckingham effectively punctures the puffed up bombast of Dryden's plays. By taking Dryden's own words out of context and pasting them together, Buckingham disrupts whatever emotions that might have gone with them originally and exposes their inherent absurdity.… (meer)