The Orphan

Otway, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0803203837 / ISBN 13: 9780803203839

Edité par University of Nebraska Press, 1976

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• Titre: The Orphan
• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date de parution: 1976
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0803203837
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780803203839
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Good
• Poids: 0,752 livre

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Book by Otway Thomas

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Utl eiUC tf 3p XliLUUCS. titt Thomas Otway was born at Trotton, near Midhurst, Sussex, on the 3d of March, 1651-52. He was the only son of Humphrey Otway, at the time curate of Trotton and later rector of Woolbeding, three miles from Trotton. The father died in 1670, it is believed, and Thomas was left with no inheritance beyond his loyalty, so he tells us. He was, however, educated at Winchester College, being enrolled as a commoner in 1668, and returned to Woolbeding to spend his vacations. Though said to be poor he entered Christ Church, Oxford, 1669, as a gentleman commoner, and was there educated, as Mr. Gosse puts it, in the company of men above his own station in life. At an early age Otway was attracted by the theatre and in the autumn of 1672 he left the University to enter upon the life of the London stage. His first appearance as an actor on the boards of the Dukes Theatre in Dorset Gardens became also his last, for his ungle performance was a failure. He had attempted the part of the king in Mrs. Aphra Behn s Forced Marriage, or the yealous Bridegroom. He did not appear on the stage again, but returning to college he busied himself with the writing of plays. It was not long before Otway began to win a place for himself as a playwright. In 1675 he contrived to get his heroic tragedy of A kihiades accepted by Betterton. The success of th is first play was almost assured with the title-role in the hands of the great tragedian and with Mrs. Betterton and Mrs. Barry interpreting the parts of Timandra and Draxilla respectively. With this play Mrs. Barry, unsuccessful in her debut in 1674, may be said to date her beginning as a celebrated tragic actress. From this time also may be dated the connection between the beautiful actress and the young dramatist that brought considerable suffering into the life of the latter, for the famous Earl of Rochester, w
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