Polwhele, Elizabeth. “Introduction: A ’Lost’ Play and its Context”. The Frolicks, edited by Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume, Cornell University Press, 1977, pp. 13-49.
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Prince Rupert
Standard Name: Rupert, Prince
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Elizabeth Polwhele | Since it has prologue, epilogue, and cast-list, the play was evidently meant for performance; it was probably performed, though the sparse theatre records of this time bear no trace of it. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ephelia | All kinds of rumours circulated about romantic involvements (including one with Rupert
) of Mary, Duchess of Richmond. Thumbprints of "Ephelia" (Lady Mary Villiers): The End of an Enigma in Restoration Attribution. 2005, http://www.ephelia.com/. |
| Fictionalization | Ephelia | In 2007 Cheryl Sawyer
, in a historical novel entitled The Winter Prince, presented a triangular relationship between the happily-married Duchess of Richmond (already a poet, identified as the future Ephelia), her husband
... |
| politics | Ephelia | Ephelia was, from her poems, a Tory, a passionate supporter of the Stuart monarchy. In 1645 Mary, Duchess of Richmond, was advising Prince Rupert
by letter on his relations with Charles I
. Thumbprints of "Ephelia" (Lady Mary Villiers): The End of an Enigma in Restoration Attribution. 2005, http://www.ephelia.com/. |
| Textual Features | Ephelia | Among the poems of praise, To Madam Bhen [sic] (then a not uncommon rendering of Behn) adapts from Cowley
's famous praise of Philips
the idea of uniting the Strong and Sweet. Ephelia,. Female Poems on Several Occasions. James Courtney, 1679. 73 |
| Textual Features | Edna Lyall | This is another English Civil War story, in which imaginary characters (a pair of courting lovers, a villain, the noble-hearted Charlotte who is based on EL
's nurse during her childhood, and Joscelyn Heyworth and... |
| Textual Production | Mary Carleton | According to critic Mihoko Suzuki
, The Case incorporates two portraits of its protagonist. The same plate was apparently used in two versions, one revised as to the hairstyle and ageing of the face. One... |
Timeline
2 June 1644: The Battle of Marston Moor near York was...
National or international item
2 June 1644
The Battle of Marston Moor near York was fought: a singularly bloody affair, and the largest battle of the English Civil War.
Marriott, Sir John A. R. Oxford, Its Place in National History. Clarendon, 1933.
123
Morrill, John. “The Stuarts (1603-1688)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 286-51.
317
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
336
25 March 1645: In the first case of witchcraft managed by...
Building item
25 March 1645
In the first case of witchcraft managed by Matthew Hopkins
, Elizabeth Clarke
of Manningtree in Essex (who had probably been deprived of sleep during interrogation) confessed to using familiars.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
380, 376-8
8-9 August 1666: In a major English coup of the Second Dutch...
National or international item
8-9 August 1666
In a major English coup of the Second Dutch War, Albemarle
and Prince Rupert
burned a hundred and fifty Dutch merchant ships off the island of Schelling.
Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
95 and 455n11
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