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Morton, Thomas
Morton, Thomas (c.1764–1838), English dramatist, whose first play, a melodrama entitled Columbus; or, A World Discovered (1792), was produced at Covent Garden. He wrote several sentimental comedies—The Way to Get Married (1796), A Cure for the Heart-Ache (1797), and Secrets Worth Knowing (1798)—before writing the play by which he is best remembered, Speed the Plough (1800). It became famous for the character of Mrs Grundy, who never appears but is frequently referred to as the embodiment of British respectability. Among Morton's later plays the most important were The School of Reform; or, How to Rule a Husband (1805), an amusing comedy, The Slave (1816), and Henri Quatre; or, Paris in the Olden Time (1820), in both of which Macready appeared. One of Morton's most spectacular melodramas was Peter the Great; or, The Battle of Pultawa, seen at Drury Lane in 1829. His son John Maddison Morton (1811–91) was a prolific writer of one-act farces. His Box and Cox (1847), first produced in 1843 as The Double-Bedded Room, provided the libretto for Sullivan's first operetta, Cox and Box (1867).
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Morton, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Morton, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-MortonThomas.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Morton, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-MortonThomas.html |
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Morton, Thomas
Morton, Thomas (?1764–1838), was the author of three successful comedies, The Way to get Married (1796), A Cure for Heartache (1797), and Speed the Plough (1798). The last of these introduced the name and character of ‘Mrs Grundy’, and the conception of Grundyism as the extreme of moral rigidity.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Morton, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Morton, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MortonThomas.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Morton, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MortonThomas.html |
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