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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... summary from source:
Biography of William Davenant
3,775 words, approx. 13 pages
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
367 words, approx. 1 pages
 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
1,385 words, approx. 5 pages
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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 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... summary from source:
Philological Quarterly
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by C. G. Child
5,528 words, approx. 18 pages
In this essay, Child emphasizes William Davenant's role in the development of heroic drama.
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