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The Orphan: Or the Unhappy Marriage
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148 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1680
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Thomas Otway
238 books14 followersThomas Otway was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv'd, or A Plot Discover'd (1682).
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February 17, 2011
This play contains one of my all-time favorite, criminally unfamous quotes: "Oh, the bewitching tongues of faithless men!" I like to trot it out any and every time the opportunity presents itself.
As for the play itself, I, like the previous reviewer, rather enjoyed it, but I was having a "hardcore sentimentalist" kick (we all get those -- kicks, I mean) at the time, and what I well knew others would consider to be over-the-top and dripping with bathos, I liked notwithstanding. So consider yourself warned on that score. I remember I found out about it via Wikipedia -- idling away the time by reading about Restorian theater, and being led to the "She-Tragedy" section (I read the play itself on GoogleBooks). I really can't believe it's been two years!
As for the play itself, I, like the previous reviewer, rather enjoyed it, but I was having a "hardcore sentimentalist" kick (we all get those -- kicks, I mean) at the time, and what I well knew others would consider to be over-the-top and dripping with bathos, I liked notwithstanding. So consider yourself warned on that score. I remember I found out about it via Wikipedia -- idling away the time by reading about Restorian theater, and being led to the "She-Tragedy" section (I read the play itself on GoogleBooks). I really can't believe it's been two years!
May 24, 2010
[These notes were made in 1983:]. Read for exams. A tragedy with contending brother-lovers. I rather liked this one.
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