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Post by The Poetic Protégée on Sept 23, 2006 16:44:11 GMT -5
Remember Etherege telling Rochester he had written a play based on him? Well, here it is ;D The Earl is captured in the character 'Dorimant'. I haven't read it yet but I intend to! And I'm more likely to remember if it's posted here  The Man of Mode #read# |
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Post by The Rolling Rooster on Sept 25, 2006 18:30:40 GMT -5
What a FIND!  I love that so much is able to access thanks to the internet  ! Sadly I will have to wait until my current courses are finished  as right now I have virtually no time. However, once 21 December rolls around...  You'll have my opinion too! |
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Post by The Poetic Protégée on Sept 26, 2006 5:04:35 GMT -5
Don't worry, Roo, I have no idea when I'll have time to read it either ;D Still, it's there when we're ready for it. |
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Post by The Poetic Protégée on Apr 3, 2007 4:06:42 GMT -5
Yep, still haven't read it!  It's on in London at the moment though. Just shows, good plays never die ;D |
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Post by The Protective Horserider on Apr 14, 2007 10:34:30 GMT -5
Are you going to see it?
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Post by The Poetic Protégée on Apr 14, 2007 16:33:20 GMT -5
No time I'm afraid, PH. I'm very curious as to what it would be like though. I doubt it'll still be on in the summer when I'm around in London for longer but you never know. It's amazing to think of how much the theatre has changed from the very public forum it used to be (think of the unceremonious reception Lizzie Barry recieved in her first scene in The Libertine...I can't imagine people throwing rotten fruit onto the stage now! ;D). |
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Post by The Protective Horserider on Apr 16, 2007 5:57:23 GMT -5
Haha! I see what you mean..  Too bad you haven't got the time though. Oh well, maybe later on in life you'll get to see it anyway! |
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Post by The Dependable Deliverer on Apr 16, 2007 13:34:01 GMT -5
Ahaha! Great find Jay ;D I'm going to read it when i have more time on my hands |
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Post by amp on May 28, 2008 21:55:14 GMT -5
Would you believe I've read this! It's so interesting to see what was considered entertainment in the Age of Enlightenment! I can understand how Etheridge's play was popular!
I can't find the book now, and only read it once, but I had actually purchased it to read.
I think I loaned it out and never got it back.
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Post by The Poetic Protégée on May 29, 2008 3:29:56 GMT -5
Oh, that's a shame! But you've read it ;D At last, someone has read it  Plays were sort of like the mass produced comedies we have to endure, I guess...churned out to appeal to the masses. I take it this one gets your vote though, amp. I really will have to read it sometime soon! How long have I been meaning to now? |
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Post by amp on May 29, 2008 8:37:12 GMT -5
Oh, that's a shame! But you've read it ;D At last, someone has read it Plays were sort of like the mass produced comedies we have to endure, I guess...churned out to appeal to the masses. I take it this one gets your vote though, amp. I really will have to read it sometime soon! How long have I been meaning to now? It's been too long now for me to remember the details about The Man of Mode, without having it to scan through again, but i do recall it wasn't difficult to read as I thought it would be, and it felt like a very solid example of the plays of the day. It did not dishonor or celebrate John Wilmot's memory. I don't even think it was really about him or that the character was supposed to be him. The character who was supposed to be Wilmot was only inspired by him, imo, similar to the role of The Rose (a older film starring Better Midler) being inspired by Janis Joplin. |
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