Aphra Behn (/ˈæfrə bɛn/; bapt. 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era... 55 KB (6,740 words) - 16:39, 13 January 2024 |
"The Disappointment" is a poem written by Aphra Behn. It was first published in 1680 (see 1680 in poetry) in the Earl of Rochester's Poems on Several Occasions... 4 KB (426 words) - 00:13, 12 March 2024 |
Oroonoko (category Novels by Aphra Behn) Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn (1640–1689), published in 1688 by William Canning and reissued with two other fictions... 57 KB (8,021 words) - 05:15, 9 April 2024 |
John Hoyle (died 1692) (section Aphra Behn) (died 1692) was a bisexual lawyer in London and a lover of the writer Aphra Behn. Behn's relationship with Hoyle was the "dominating one" in her life. John... 6 KB (602 words) - 11:26, 18 January 2024 |
Aphra may refer to: Aphra Behn (1640–1689), English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator Doctor Aphra, a fictional character in the Star Wars... 249 bytes (61 words) - 09:12, 24 October 2023 |
The Rover (play) (category Plays by Aphra Behn) Cavaliers is a play in two parts that is written by the English author Aphra Behn. It is a revision of Thomas Killigrew's play Thomaso, or The Wanderer... 23 KB (3,140 words) - 01:18, 7 December 2023 |
Behn may refer to: Aphra Behn (c. 1640 – 1689), English dramatist Ari Behn (1972–2019), Norwegian author and husband to Princess Märtha Louise of Norway... 1 KB (200 words) - 12:39, 24 May 2022 |
short novella by Aphra Behn published by Will Canning in 1688, a year before Behn's death. The plot is loosely based around rumors Behn had heard regarding... 19 KB (2,384 words) - 10:40, 19 March 2024 |
Abdelazer (category Plays by Aphra Behn) or /æbdəˈlɑːzə/) is a 1676 play by Aphra Behn, an adaptation of the c. 1600 tragedy Lust's Dominion. It is Behn's only tragic play. Abdelazer is a captive... 6 KB (661 words) - 02:40, 8 February 2024 |
the Angel Gabriel, the two are on the verge of war. The British writer Aphra Behn used "Astrea" as one of her code-names while working as a spy for King... 10 KB (1,023 words) - 04:35, 28 April 2024 |
(2004-11-25). "Behn's dramatic response to Restoration politics". In Hughes, Derek; Todd, Janet (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn. Cambridge University... 20 KB (2,146 words) - 23:37, 22 February 2024 |
The Emperor of the Moon (category Plays by Aphra Behn) Moon is a Restoration farce written by Aphra Behn in 1687, based on Italian commedia dell'arte. It was Behn's second most successful play (after The Rover)... 4 KB (427 words) - 08:45, 24 May 2022 |
The Forc'd Marriage (category Plays by Aphra Behn) The Forc'd Marriage; or, The Jealous Bridegroom is a play by Aphra Behn, staged by the Duke's Company on 20 September 1670 in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London... 4 KB (525 words) - 22:58, 25 May 2023 |
may refer to: The Rover (novel) by Joseph Conrad The Rover (play) by Aphra Behn The Rover (1967 film) by Terence Young The Rover (2014 film) by David... 812 bytes (118 words) - 10:36, 8 April 2020 |
The History of the Nun, or The Fair Vow Breaker, is a novella by Aphra Behn published in 1689. It is a piece of amatory fiction. Some of the story's main... 12 KB (1,899 words) - 00:15, 24 August 2023 |
The Feign'd Curtizans (category Plays by Aphra Behn) Nights Intrigue is a 1679 comedic stage play by the English author Aphra Behn. Behn dedicated the play, originally performed at the Duke's Company in London... 6 KB (702 words) - 14:38, 17 March 2023 |
The Town-Fopp: or, Sir Timothy Tawdrey (category Plays by Aphra Behn) Town-Fopp: or, Sir Timothy Tawdrey is a Restoration comedy written by Aphra Behn and first staged in 1676. It deals with an unhappy marriage and its dissolution... 4 KB (480 words) - 06:41, 21 August 2023 |
writers by instituting educational institutions for women. Astell and Aphra Behn together laid the groundwork for feminist theory in the 17th century.... 39 KB (4,920 words) - 14:43, 17 April 2024 |
novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in... 57 KB (7,174 words) - 08:19, 24 April 2024 |
first woman of the Western tradition who made her living as playwright, Aphra Behn (The Rover). Sex comedy embraces a realm of drama in which women can be... 26 KB (3,491 words) - 21:29, 24 April 2024 |
1647 to 1660. Thomaso is now best known as the foundation upon which Aphra Behn constructed her finest play, The Rover, or the Banished Cavaliers (1677)... 8 KB (1,110 words) - 06:42, 21 August 2023 |
The Widdow Ranter, or, the History of Bacon in Virginia (category Plays by Aphra Behn) or, the History of Bacon in Virginia is a tragicomic play written by Aphra Behn and first performed posthumously in 1689. It is a highly fictionalized... 4 KB (467 words) - 14:57, 14 December 2023 |
World (1700). This period saw the first professional woman playwright, Aphra Behn, author of many comedies including The Rover (1677). Restoration comedy... 36 KB (4,584 words) - 14:20, 14 April 2024 |
of Lisieux entitled The Eagle and the Dove, a biography of the author Aphra Behn, and a biography of her maternal grandmother, the Spanish dancer known... 65 KB (8,304 words) - 19:13, 14 April 2024 |