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Jeremy Collier
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Standard Name: Collier, Jeremy
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Mary Pix | MP
, again with Trotter
, was attacked in Animadversions on Mr. Congreve
's Late Answer to Mr. Collier, probably by George Powell
. |
| Textual Features | Mary Pix | The dedication mentions the Countess's experience of travel, and of suffering with her husband. The two widows of the play are differentiated as they are a good and a bad mother. Several motifs familiar from... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Catharine Trotter | CT
was one of those playwrights who took seriously Jeremy Collier
's call in 1698 for reform of the stage. This campaign became an element in her theatrical writing. |
| Literary responses | Catharine Trotter | This was CT
's greatest success. The young George Farquhar
much admired it; it was even praised by Charles Gildon
. Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago. 406-7 |
Timeline
30 April 1695: Thomas Betterton, Elizabeth Barry, and Anne...
Building item
30 April 1695
Thomas Betterton
, Elizabeth Barry
, and Anne Bracegirdle
gave the first performance of their breakaway Actors' Company
, premiering Congreve
's Love for Love.
By May 1697: Sir John Vanbrugh's comedy The Provok'd Wife...
Writing climate item
By May 1697
Sir John Vanbrugh
's comedyThe Provok'd Wife had its first performance.
April 1698: Jeremy Collier published his Short View of...
Writing climate item
April 1698
Jeremy Collier
published his Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage, a book in heavy-handed pamphlet style with exaggerated typography.
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