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The Feign'd Curtizans, or, A Nights Intrigue is a 1679 comedic stage play by the English author Aphra Behn. Behn dedicated the play, originally performed at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London, to the well-known actress and mistress of King Charles II , Nell Gwyn .
The play was produced posthumously, and was unsuccessful with audiences. [4] It was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in November 1689. [5] The cast included John Bowman as Cavarnio, Joseph Williams as Bacon, John Freeman as Wellman, George Powell as Friendly, Joseph Harris as Downright, Samuel Sandford as Dareing, Cave Underhill as Timerous Cornet, William Bowen as Whiff, Anne ...
Haywood's novel is generally seen as condemning Richardson's Pamela character for using her sexuality for self-interested ends. [1] Some scholars also interpret the novel as condemning the idea of social mobility itself, and supporting the idea that there is a natural ruling elite whose innate moral superiority can never be matched by lower ...
Sir Martin Mar-all, or The Feign'd Innocence is an English Restoration comedy, first performed on 15 August 1667. [1] Written by John Dryden and based on a translation of L'Étourdi by Molière, [2] it was one of Dryden's earliest comedies, and also one of the greatest theatrical successes of his career.
Returning to Iga Tubagakure the Iga group comes across Okoi. They feign friendliness, however Okoi is suspicious and takes off, chased by Nenki. Using his excessive body hair, and bo staff Nenki knocks out Okoi, but Tenzen decides to keep her as a hostage rather than kill her.
Fagin's character might be based on the criminal Ikey Solomon, who was a fence at the centre of a highly publicised arrest, escape, recapture, and trial. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Some accounts of Solomon also describe him as a London underworld "kidsman" (a kidsman was an adult who recruited children and trained them as pickpockets, exchanging food and ...
The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom is a play written by African American abolitionist William Wells Brown.Williams Wells Brown would tour and give readings of his play at anti-Slavery rallies, lyceum lectures, and political events. [1]
Gallathea was acted at the royal palace at Greenwich before Queen Elizabeth I by the Children of Paul's, most likely on 1 January 1588 . [1] Gallathea was first printed in 1592 , in a quarto printed by John Charlwood for Joan Broome (the widow of bookseller William Broome, who had published reprints of Lyly's Campaspe and Sapho and Phao in 1591).