Shadwell, Thomas
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Shadwell, Thomas (?1642–92), dramatist, whose first play
The Sullen Lovers (1668) was based on
Molière's Les Facheux. He wrote some 14 comedies, including
The Squire of Alsatia (1688),
The Virtuoso (1676, a satire on the
Royal Society),
Epsom Wells (1672), and
Bury Fair (1689). He also wrote operas, adapting Shakespeare's
The Tempest as
The Enchanted Island (1674). A successful dramatist in his day, he has been perhaps unfairly remembered for his quarrel with
Dryden, dating from 1682. He was probably the author of
The Medal of John Bayes (1682) and other anonymous attacks on Dryden; Dryden's counter-attacks include
Mac-Flecknoe and the second part of
Absalom and Achitophel, where Shadwell appears as Og. Shadwell defends himself from the charge of dullness in his dedication to
Sedley of his translation of the
Tenth Satire of Juvenal (1687). He succeeded Dryden as poet laureate in 1689.
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Theatrical space and scientific space in Thomas Shadwell's virtuoso.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Theatrical Space and Scientific Space in Thomas Shadwell's Virtuoso Thomas Shadwell's dramatic satire The Virtuoso is the period...drama. ********** On 25 May 1676, Thomas Shadwell's satiric play The Virtuoso opened to great...
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Late Shadwell and early bourgeois comedy.(Thomas Shadwell)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...In the later twentieth century, Thomas Shadwell's reputation was restored by...pilloried him in MacFlecknoe. Four of Shadwell's comedies of the 1670s must...myself wrote: The comedies of Shadwell--starting in 1681 with The Lancashire...
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Late Shadwell and Early Bourgeois Comedy
Magazine article from: The Eighteenth Century; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...In the later twentieth century, Thomas Shadwell's reputation was restored by...pilloried him in MacFlecknoe. Four of Shadwell's comedies of the 1670s must...myself wrote: The comedies of Shadwell-starting in 1681 with The Lancashire...
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Shadwell bids to win world title
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 4/16/2008; 367 words
; ...championships. In tomorrow's singles, Shadwell has been grouped with Scottish champion Scott Kennedy, Jersey's Thomas Greechan and Edward Alderson, a youngster...finals. In the mixed pairs knockout, Shadwell lines up with Celena Kwok, from Hong...
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Shadwell reaches last eight
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 4/19/2008; 282 words
; ...Kennedy, then overwhelmed Jersey's Thomas Greechan, 9-1, 12-7. "That...important victory for me," said Shadwell. "If I'd lost, I'd have been...In today's quarter finals, Shadwell faces Ireland's teenage sensation...
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Shadwell is still hopeful
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 4/18/2008; 244 words
; Shadwell was slightly fortunate to get past Edward...champion Scott Kennedy and Jersey star Thomas Greechan to qualify for the quarter finals. Partnered by Hong Kong's Celena Kwok, Shadwell suffered a shock first-round defeat in...
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Thomas Jefferson and his books on architecture and landscape gardening *.(Essay)
Magazine article from: Aurora, The Journal of the History of Art; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Thomas Jefferson's (1743-1826...manifested in his buildings. The Shadwell Library and its Books on Architecture...These books were kept at Shadwell, his father's house. On 1 February 1770 a fire destroyed Shadwell and most of its library...
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"We'll learn that of the men": female sexuality in Southerne's comedies. (seventeenth-century writer Thomas Southerne)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; Thomas Southerne's three Restoration...wild oats. Etherege's and Shadwell's outspoken heiresses keep...heroines in the comedies of Shadwell, Dryden, Etherege, and...Sometimes indeed, as in Shadwell's Epsom-Wells quoted above...
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No One's Doubting Thomas; At Monticello, Even Gorby Lauds Jefferson on His 250th Birthday
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/14/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...let's not ask too much of Thomas Jefferson. What's important...Jefferson's nearby birthplace, Shadwell (where archaeologists are...house), to dedication of a Thomas Jefferson postage stamp, to...his passion for design. At Shadwell, noted Jefferson scholar Merrill...
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Thomas Jefferson and the colonial American stage
Magazine article from: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; IN the winter of 1763 Thomas Jefferson, age nineteen, at home at Shadwell from his studies at the College of William and Mary...works on colonial American theater has yet included Thomas Jefferson as a source of information on the colonial...
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Thomas Shadwell
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Thomas Shadwell 1642?-1692, English dramatist and poet. His plays, written in the...instigated his feud with Dryden, whom he succeeded as poet laureate in 1689. Shadwell attacked Dryden in The Medal of John Bayes (1682) and was himself lampooned...
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Shadwell, Thomas
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Shadwell, Thomas ( c. 1642–92), Restoration...however, more indebted to Jonson , whom Shadwell much admired. The best known of them is Epsom Wells (1672). Shadwell has been much criticized for his adaptation...
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Jefferson, Thomas
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Thomas Jefferson Born: April 13, 1743 Shadwell, Virginia Died: July 4...philosopher and statesman Thomas Jefferson was the first secretary...America. Young Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell, Virginia, on April 13...
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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Book article from: American Eras
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Member...united states Unlikely Democrat. Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Father...happiness. ” Early Career. Thomas Jefferson was born on 13 April 1743 at Shadwell, his family ’ s farm...
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Thomas Jefferson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Thomas Jefferson American philosopher and statesman Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president...political and intellectual life of the new nation. Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell, Va., on April 13, 1743. His father had...
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