Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

RAVENSCROFT, EDWARD (fl. 1671-1697)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 928 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

RAVENSCROFT, See also:EDWARD (fl. 1671-1697) , See also:English dramatist, belonged to an See also:ancient Flintshire See also:family. He was entered at the See also:Middle See also:Temple, but devoted his See also:attention mainly to literature. Among his pieces are Mamamouchi, or The See also:Citizen turned See also:Gentleman (See also:Dorset See also:Garden, 1671, pr. 1675); The Careless Lovers (Dorset Garden, 1673, pr. 1673), a See also:comedy of intrigue; See also:Scaramouch a Philosopher, See also:Harlequin a Schoolboy, ' See also:Bravo a See also:Merchant and Magician (See also:Theatre Royal, 1677); English Lawyer (Theatre Royal, 1678), an See also:adaptation of See also:George Ruggle's Latin See also:play of See also:Ignoramus, presented before See also:James I. at See also:Cambridge in See also:March 1615; The See also:London Cuckold (Dorset Garden, 1683), which became a stock p'ece, but was struck out of the repertory by See also:Garrick in 1751; and The See also:Italian See also:Husband (See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn See also:Fields, 1697). He wrote in all twelve plays, in which he adapted freely from See also:Moliere and others, confessing on one occasion that he " but winnowed See also:Shakespeare's See also:corn." He ventured to decry the heroic See also:drama, and See also:Dryden retaliated by satirizing his Mamamouchi, a foolish adaptation from Moliere's See also:Bourgeois Gentilhomme and See also:Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, in the See also:prologue to the Assignation (Dryden, See also:Works, ed. See also:Scott, iv. 345 seq.).

End of Article: RAVENSCROFT, EDWARD (fl. 1671-1697)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
RAVENSBURG 		[next]
RAVI

Site © 2006 - Net Industries