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Name: William Davenant
Variant Name: Sir William Davenant, Sir William D'Avenant
Birth Date: February, 1606
Death Date: April 7, 1668
Nationality: British
Ethnicity: English
Gender: Male

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Biography of William Davenant
4,295 words, approx. 14 pages
Although best known as a dramatist and theater manager, Sir William Davenant (or D'Avenant) also deserves notice as a poet. In 1638, when a stipend of one hundred pounds per annum came to him from the Crown, he received distinction as the poet...
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Biography of William Davenant
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Sir William Davenant (or D'Avenant), dramatist and theater manager, poet and courtier, is a link between the older Elizabethan and Jacobean drama and the new Restoration drama. From his innovations improving the platform stage our modern playhouse is...


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William Davenant Quotes
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Sir William Davenant ( February 28 , 1606 – April 7 , 1668 ), also spelled D'Avenant , was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew , Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the...


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William Davenant Information
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Sir William Davenant (February 28, 1606 – April 7, 1668), also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew, Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the...


News and Journals
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The Modern Language Review
Sir William Davenant's American Operas.
04/01/2001: 6,502 words, approx. 22 pages
Issues concerning the opreas of seventeenth-century writer Sir william Davenant are discussed, with particular focus on the relationship between Davenant's 'The cruelty of the Spainish in Peru', 'The history of Sir Francis Drake' and 'The play-house to be let' and Oliver Cromwell and England's...
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Philological Quarterly
Sir William Davenant's use of Shakespeare in 'The Law Against Lovers' (1662). (William Shakespeare)
09/22/1997: 7,118 words, approx. 24 pages
Sir William Davenant's adaptations of Shakespeare's plays were primarily focused on financial and popular success. Despite claims by critics that Davenant used adaptations to assuage political and civil unrest, he was instead under legal obligation to reform plays to suit the public's tastes. These...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by C. G. Child
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In this essay, Child emphasizes William Davenant's role in the development of heroic drama.


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