The Aeneid by Virgil, part of the Internet Classics Archive ...

An index of articles on 17th century theatre.

Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature Index By Roger Blackwell Bailey, Ph.D. Maintained by pmcquien@accd.edu The Assembly Room at Bath By Thomas Rowlandson The Restoration, 1660-1702 Samuel Butler ( 1612-1680 ). John Evelyn ( 1620-1706 ). John Bunyan ( 1628-1688 ). John Dryden ( 1631-1700 ). John Locke ( 1632-1704 ). Samuel Pepys ( 1633-1703 ). Aphra Behn ( 1640-1689 ). Sir Isaac ...

Chapman, George, trans. 1857. The Odysseys of Homer, vol. 1 ...

Biography of French playwright Jean Racine, plus links to all of his works currently in print.

Biography of English playwright Thomas Dekker, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.

A biographical sketch of English dramatist John Fletcher.

Biography of English playwright James Shirley, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.

The Age of Dryden: Volume Eight of The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes: 1907-21 ...

Biography of English dramatist John Dryden, plus links to all of his works currently in print.

Biography of Elizabethan playwright Philip Massinger, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.

Biography of English playwright John Ford, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.

An overview of Restoration theatre; includes information on the appearance of women on the English stage, the persistance of Elizabethan plays, parody of heroic drama, the nature of Restoration comedy, women playwrights, and Collier's attack on the stage.

Biography of Stuart dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, plus links to purchase all of their works currently in print.

Biography of English playwright George Chapman, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.

Biography of French playwright Pierre Corneille, plus links to all of his works currently in print.

A comparison of Spain's two greatest dramatists; includes a list of related links.

Although Pierre Corneille is regarded as the founder of French tragedy, six of his first eight plays were comedies. He actually produced 20 works while a member of parliament, and 12 more thereafter.

The rival of Pierre Corneille for the title of the greatest French tragic dramatist, Jean Racine infused the high style of neoclassicism with the tension of human passion. 17th-century metaphysics...

A biographical sketch of English dramatist and poet Francis Beaumont.

Biography of English dramatist William Wycherley, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.

Biography of Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca, plus links to all of his works currently in print.

A biography of English dramatist Thomas Heywood.

An index of poems by John Fletcher.

A biographical account of Racine's formative years, his early poems, and his relationship with Moliere.

A biography of the French dramatist.

A biography of Elizabethan dramatist Thomas Dekker; includes a list of related links.

A biography of British dramatist Thomas Dekker.

An index of poems by Thomas Dekker.

Biography of English dramatist Philip Massinger.

Biography of Spanish dramatist Pedro Calderon de la Barca.

A biography of the French dramatist Pierre Corneille; includes a list of related links.

A biography of the French dramatist Jean Racine; includes a list of related links.

Massinger, Philip. 1909 ...

A biography of British dramatist Richard Brome.

An index of poems by Pedro Calderon de la Barca.

A biography of English dramatist Philip Massinger; includes a list of related links.

An index of poems by Philip Massinger.

An index of poems by James Shirley.

An article from the Catholic Encyclopedia ...

An article from the Catholic Encyclopedia ...

This is an archive page !!! ~ POLITICS ~ from Restoration (Miramax Films) Sam Neill as King Charles II Merivel: Our King is restored to us, the theatres are open, wigmakers are happy as whores, and rich men go to heaven again! I would like to shake the King's hand. (Audio Clip WAV 364 KB) Robert Downey, Jr. as Robert Merivel King: I like you Merivel. Yours is a curious and original mind and in ...

A biography of English dramatist Sir William Davenant.

A biography of Restoration dramatist John Dryden.

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Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Jean Racine (1639-1699) Playwright, poet, master of the classical French tragedy in the times of Molire. Racine took his subjects from antique or mythology and became very popular with his plays of blind, passionate love. His dramas followed the ...

An article from the Catholic Encyclopedia ...

An account of Shakespeare's affair with Mrs. Davenant and the illegitimate son this affair produced.

Bibliomania e-text: All for Love by John Dryden ...

An index of poems by John Dryden.

An index of poems by John Ford.

An index of poems by Thomas Heywood.

A biography of English dramatist George Chapman.

An index of poems by William Davenant.

Vol. 4. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907 ...

Of Dekker's life, nothing is known for certain before 1598 when his name appears in entries in Philip Henslowe's Diary. Even though Dekker had a steady stream of work with Henslowe, he was frequently in debt. He was imprisoned for debt briefly in the Poultry Counter in 1599, and by the King's Bench, 1613-1619. Dekker was a prolific writer, having part in some 50 plays over his careeronly twenty ...

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Complete text of the poem by Richard Brome.

Brome, Richard (b. c. 1590--d. c. 1652), English dramatist generally deemed the most considerable of the minor Jacobean playwrights. Nothing is known of Brome's origins. As early as 1614, he is known to have been in Ben Jonson's service, probably acting as Jonson's secretary. The relationship developed into friendship, and knowledge of Brome's personal character is chiefly drawn from Jonson's ...

Davenant, Sir William, Davenant also spelled D'AVENANT (b. 1606, Oxford, Eng.--d. April 7, 1668, London), English poet, playwright, and theatre manager who was made poet laureate on the strength of such successes as The Witts (licensed 1634), a comedy; the masques The Temple of Love, Britannia Triumphans, and Luminalia; and a volume of poems, Madagascar (published 1638). Shakespeare was ...

Heywood, Thomas Title page from Thomas Heywood's play, A Pleasant Comedy, Called a Maidenhead Well Lost; illustration from 1634 Corbis-Bettmann (b. 1574 , Lincolnshire, Eng.--d. Aug. 16, 1641, London), English actor-playwright whose career spans the peak periods of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. Heywood apparently attended the University of Cambridge, though his attendance there remains ...