Wycherley, William
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Wycherley, William (1641–1715), dramatist, whose first play,
Love in a Wood, or, St James's Park, a comedy of intrigue, was probably acted in 1671, and published in 1672. His second play,
The Gentleman Dancing-Master, was probably acted 1671, published 1673;
The Country Wife was published and probably first acted 1675; his last play,
The Plain-Dealer, was probably acted 1676, published 1677. His
Miscellany Poems (1704) led to a friendship with
Pope, who revised many of his writings.
Wycherley's plays, admired by
Lamb but condemned by
Macaulay as licentious and indecent, are highly regarded for their acute social criticism, particularly of sexual morality and the marriage conventions; his characterization and thematic organization are also strong, and his last two plays have been successfully revived many times. (See also
Restoration.)
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The "Plyant" Discourse of Wycherley's The Country Wife.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...and I would like to subject William Wycherley's The Country Wife to just...Dryden, Some of the words in Wycherley's play are pliant in that they...intended effect of the play: "Wycherley maintains a complete disjunction...
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The Feminist Voices in Restoration Comedy: The Virtuous Women in the Play-Worlds of Etherege, Wycherley, and Congreve.
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Hill completes his major exegesis of political awareness in English poetry during the imperial period from Shakespeare to William Wordsworth. In A Manner of Correspondence: A Study of the Scriblerus Club, Patricia Carr Bruckmann studies the circumstances...
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A PAWN IN DI'S GAME; Diana used William as a weapon to antagonise Charles. She axed his beloved nanny in a jealous fit, and told him to shun the limelight while basking in it herself. Is it any wonder he now finds it hard to trust people?
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 4/28/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of our future King AS PRINCE William and Diana stood outside the...significance of the occasion. William, nearly 15, was about to...and one of her chefs, Mervyn Wycherley. What infuriated her even...out by Tiggy Legge-Bourke, William and Harry's unofficial nanny...
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William, Harry intervene to lift ban on Diana's friend.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 8/29/2007; 511 words
; William, Harry intervene to lift...August 29 (PTI) Prince William and Prince Harry have overruled...Simon Solari and chef Mervyn Wycherley and friends Lucia Flecha and...on the request of Princes William and Harry, who felt he exploited...
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Bacon please, chef ... love Diana ; Royal cook sells off notes written by the princess
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 11/10/2008; ; 650 words
; ...signed off a note praising Mr Wycherley for their honeymoon feasts...cheeky birthday card to Mr Wycherley from young princes William and Harry, will go under...carefully signed their names. Mr Wycherley described the moment Diana...
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The Gentleman Dancing-Master.(Theater Review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 11/21/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Theater Company presentation of a play in two acts by William Wycherley. Directed by Gus Kaikkonen. Set, Susan Zeeman...still delivers quite a kick. Written in 1672 by William Wycherley, that bawdy master of Restoration comedy, the play...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Love lost in the woods.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 4/22/2001; ; 694 words
; ...Lust for money...Diana Kent and Louis Hilyer in William Wycherley's Love In A Wood That randy old poet the Earl of...Shakespeare Company's new production of Love In A Wood, William Wycherley's smuttily entertaining comedy. Lust In A Wood...
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Waylay'd by wordsTheatre
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 4/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Disputation JEWEL of our high comedy as William Wycherley may rank, it is on the strength...for it in 1671 since it earned Wycherley an affair with Charles II's...maybe clarity is the last thing Wycherley wanted. Night transforms the...
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Charles and the four-minute warning, by his personal chef; Be my Valentine: One of Diana's cards to the chef.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...got in from hunting,' Mr Wycherley said. 'His eggs had to be...boiled eggs for salads.' Mr Wycherley, 59, has spoken of his life...pregnant with both Princes William and Harry. In one note she...friend the tomato! D.' Mr Wycherley said Charles would often pick...
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Theatre: Don't go down to the woods today - it's bloody murder THEATRE Titus Andronicus BAC, London Love in a Wood Swan, Stratford- upon-Avon Suip! Tricycle, London
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...out Love in a Wood. That's William Wycherley's first Restoration comedy...revival. Getting to grips with Wycherley's convoluted storyline is like...seething parklife after hours. Wycherley's repartee - albeit over...
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William Wycherley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
William Wycherley The Restoration comedies of the English dramatist William Wycherley (ca. 1640-1716) ridiculed the...who delighted in illicit intrigue. William Wycherley was born at Clive, near Shrewsbury...
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Wycherley, William
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Wycherley, William (1641–1716). English...and The Plain-Dealer (1677), Wycherley incurred Charles II's displeasure...of his Miscellany Poems (1704), Wycherley had become mentor to aspiring poets...
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Wycherley, Sir William
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Wycherley, Sir William (1640–1716), Restoration...Society first revived it in 1924. Wycherley's last play, The Plain-Dealer...nicknamed ‘Manly’ Wycherley, after the name of its hero, with...
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Mountfort, William
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Mountfort, William (1664–92), English actor, who specialized in ‘fine gentlemen’ parts, being an excellent Sparkish in Wycherley's The Country Wife and creating the title-role in John Crowne...
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Alexander Pope
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...In his early years he won the attention of William Wycherley and the poet-critic William Walsh, among others. Before he was 17 Pope...and the Odyssey (1725-26), written with William Broome and Elijah Fenton . These translations...
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