The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) eBook

Theodore Watts-Dunton
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 352 pages of information about The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753).

The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) eBook

Theodore Watts-Dunton
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 352 pages of information about The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753).

21.  The Intrigues at Versailles, or A Jilt in all Humours; a Comedy; acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields 1697, dedicated to Sir Charles Sedley the Elder, Bart. and to his much honoured Friend Sir Charles Sedley, his Son.  Scene Versailles.  The author complains of the want of success in this play, when he asserts, the town had applauded some pieces of his of less merit.  He has borrowed very liberally from a play of Mrs. Behn’s called The Amorous Jilt.

22.  Cynthia and Endymion, or The Lover of the Deities, a Dramatic Opera; acted at the Theatre-Royal 1697, dedicated to Henry Earl of Romney; this was acted with applause; and the author tells us, that King William’s Queen Mary intended to have it represented at Court.  ’There are many lines (says Jacob) in this play, above the genius which generally appears in the other works of this author; but he has perverted the characters of Ovid, in making Daphne, the chaste favourite of Diana, a whore, and a jilt; and fair Syrene to lose her reputation, in the unknown ignominy of an envious, mercenary, infamous woman.’  Scene Ionia.

23.  The Campaigners, or The Pleasant Adventures at Brussels; a Comedy; with a familiar Preface upon a late Reformer of the Stage, ending with a Satirical Fable of the Dog, and the Otter, 1698.  This play is dedicated to Thomas Lord Wharton, and part of it is borrowed from a Novel called Female Falsehood.  Scene Brussels. 24.  Massanello, or a Fisherman Prince, in two Parts; acted at the Theatre in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields 1700.

25.  The Modern Prophets, or New Wit for a Husband; a Comedy.

26.  The Old Mode and the New, or Country Miss with her Furbelo; a Comedy.  Scene Coventry.

27.  Wonders in the Sun, or The Kingdom of Birds; a Comic Opera; performed at the Queen’s Theatre in the Hay-Market.

28.  Bath, or The Western Lass; a Comedy; dedicated to John Duke of Argyle.

29.  The Two Queens of Brentford, or Bays no Poetaster; a Musical Farce, or Comical Opera; being the Sequel of the Rehearsal, written by the Duke of Buckingham; it has five Acts.  Scene Inside of the Playhouse.

30.  The Grecian Heroine, or The Fate of Tyranny; a Tragedy; written 1718.  Scene Corinth.

31.  Ariadne, or The Triumph of Bacchus; the Scene Naxos, an Island in the Archipelago.  These last were published with a Collection of Poems 1721.

These are the dramatic performances of D’Urfey, by which his incessant labours for the stage are to be seen; though not one of his numerous issue is now in possession of it.  He was author of many poems, and songs, which we need not here enumerate.  Mr. Coxeter takes particular notice of a piece of his called Gloriana, a Funeral Pindarique Poem to the memory of Queen Mary, 4to. 1695.

The Trophies, or Augusta’s Glory; a triumphant Ode, made in honour of the City, and upon the Trophies taken from the French at the Battle of Ramillies, May 25, 1706, by the Duke of Marlborough, and fixed in Guildhall, London, dedicated to the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen and Sheriffs, and also to the President. and Court of Managers for the united Trade to the East Indies.

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