Thomas Otway is one of the most brilliant--and one of the most disturbed-of Restoration playwrights. His two most popular tragedies, The Orphan and Venice Preserved, held the boards for a century and a half and were second in popularity only to those...

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In the following essay, Hume rejects scholarly opinion that Otway's comedies are badly written and profane, arguing that they are in no way more risqué than those of his contemporaries. Hume contends that Otway's comedies are actually scathing satires on society and should be viewed separate from the “light comedies” of the era.

In the following essay, Warner interprets Otway's writings as responses to the political unrest in Restoration England.

In this essay, Ham considers the early plays of Thomas Otway and Nathaniel Lee, when each experimented with heroic drama before moving on to other forms.