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Thomas Shadwell ( Lynford o Weeting, 1642 – Londra, 19 novembre 1692) è stato un poeta e commediografo inglese, Poeta Laureato del Regno Unito dal 1689 al 1692.
Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642 – 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1689.
Thomas Shadwell was an English dramatist and poet laureate, known for his broad comedies of manners and as the butt of John Dryden’s satire. Educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and at the Middle Temple, London, after the Restoration (1660) Shadwell became one of the court wits and an acquaintance.
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Dopo la rivoluzione del 1688 soppiantò Dryden come poeta laureato e storiografo regio. Drammaturgo inglese (Weeting, Norfolk, 1647 circa - Londra 1692). Esordì con The sullen lovers (1668), suggeritogli da Les fâcheux di Molière.
The Libertine is a play by Thomas Shadwell published in 1676. The play is an adaptation of the original plot of El burlador de Sevilla, written by Tirso de Molina, which follows the story of a horrid womanizer who plays with his life and others as he commits sins and "shapeshifts" into a devil-like man.
2 gen 2023 · The complete works of THomas Shadwell. by. Montague Summers. Publication date. 1927. Collection. internetarchivebooks. Contributor. Internet Archive.
SHADWELL, Thomas - Enciclopedia - Treccani. Ernest de Sélincourt. Drammaturgo inglese, nato a Norfolk nel 1640, morto a Chelsea nel 1692; fu educato a Cambridge e a Middle Temple. Il suo primo lavoro, The Sullen Lovers (1668), suggerito da Les Fâcheux di Molière, fu recitato 12 sere.
