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Thomas Shadwell.
Thomas Shadwell.

Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642 – 19 November 1692) was an English playwright and miscellaneous writer who was appointed poet laureate in 1689. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A Poet Laureate is a Poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events

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Life

According to his son, Sir John Shadwell, Thomas Shadwell was born at Stanton Hall, Norfolk, and educated at Bury St Edmunds School, and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1656. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England and formerly the County town of West Suffolk. Gonville and Caius College Cambridge is a constituent College of Cambridge University, one of the world's most academically respected institutions He left the university without a degree, and joined the Middle Temple. The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as Barristers At the Whig triumph in 1688 he superseded John Dryden as poet laureate and historiographer royal. John Dryden (– was an influential English poet Literary critic, Translator and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England He died at Chelsea on 19 November 1692. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land [1]

Works

In 1668 he produced a prose comedy, The Sullen Lovers, or the Impertinents, based on Les Fâcheux by Molière, and written in open imitation of Ben Jonson's comedy of humours. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his Stage name, Molière, ( January 15, 1622 – February 17 1673) was a French Benjamin Jonson ( c 11 June 1572 &ndash 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance Dramatist His best plays are Epsom Wells (1672), for which Sir Charles Sedley wrote a prologue, and the Squire of Alsatia (1688). Sir Charles Sedley 5th Baronet (March 1639 &ndash August 20 1701) was an English wit Dramatist and politician Alsatia was the cant name for the Whitefriars area of London, then a kind of sanctuary for persons liable to arrest, and the play represents, in dialogue full of the local argot, the adventures of a young heir who falls into the hand of the sharpers there. See also Alsace Alsatia in London, was the name given to an area lying north of the River Thames covered by the The Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel or Carmelites (sometimes simply Carmel by Synecdoche; Latin: Ordo fratrum Beatæ Argot ( French, Spanish and Catalan for " Slang " is a Secret language used by various groups—including but not limited [2][3]

For fourteen years from the production of his first comedy to his memorable encounter with John Dryden, Shadwell produced a play nearly every year. John Dryden (– was an influential English poet Literary critic, Translator and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England These productions display a hatred of sham, and a rough but honest moral purpose. Although bawdy, they present a vivid picture of contemporary manners. [4]

Shadwell is chiefly remembered as the unfortunate Mac Flecknoe of Dryden's satire, the "last great prophet of tautology," and the literary son and heir of Richard Flecknoe:

"The rest to some faint meaning make pretense,
But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Mac Flecknoe is a verse Mock-heroic Satire written by John Dryden. In Rhetoric, a tautology is an unnecessary (and usually unintentional repetition of meaning using different words that effectively say the same thing twice (often originally Richard Flecknoe (c 1600-1678? English Dramatist and Poet, the object of Dryden 's satire was probably of English birth although there is " [5]

Dryden had furnished Shadwell with a prologue to his True Widow (1679), and in spite of momentary differences, the two had been on friendly terms. But when Dryden joined the court party, and produced Absalom and Achitophel and The Medal, Shadwell became the champion of the Protestants, and made a scurrilous attack on Dryden in The Medal of John Bayes: a Satire against Folly and Knavery (1682). Absalom and Achitophel is a landmark poetic political Satire by John Dryden. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Dryden immediately retorted in Mac Flecknoe, or a Satire on the True Blue Protestant Poet, T. S. (1682), in which Shadwell's personalities were returned with interest. A month later he contributed to Nahum Tate's continuation of Absalom and Achitophel satirical portraits of Elkanah Settle as Doeg and of Shadwell as Og. Nahum Tate (1652&ndash July 30, 1715) was an Irish Poet, Hymnist, and Lyricist, who became England's Poet laureate in 1692 Elkanah Settle ( January 1, 1648 &ndash February 12, 1724) was an English Poet and Playwright. In 1687, Shadwell attempted to answer these attacks in a version of Juvenal's 10th Satire. The [6]

However, Dryden's portrait of Shadwell in Absalom and Achitophel cut far deeper, and has withstood the test of time. In this satire, Dryden noted of Settle and Shadwell:

Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse;
Who, by my muse, to all succeeding times
Shall live, in spite of their own doggrel rhymes; [7]

Nonetheless, Shadwell, due to the Whig triumph in 1688 superseded his enemy as Poet Laureate and historiographer royal. The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to A Poet Laureate is a Poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events [6]

His son, Charles Shadwell was also a playwright. Charles Shadwell was an English playwright of the 18th century date of birth unknown dead in 1726 A scene from his play, "The Stockjobbers" was included as an introduction in Caryl Churchill's "Serious Money" (1987). Stockjobbers were institutions that acted as market makers in the London Stock Exchange. Caryl Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is an English Dramatist known for her use of non- naturalistic techniques and Feminist Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) [8]

Poems

Dear Pretty Youth

Dear Pretty Youth

Dear pretty youth, unveil your eyes,
How can you sleep when I am by?
Were I with you all night to be,
Methinks I could from sleep be free.
Alas, my dear, you're cold as stone:
You must no longer lie alone.
But be with me my dear, and I in each arm
Will hug you close and keep you warm.



Love in their little veins inspires

Love in their little veins inspires

Love in their little veins inspires
their cheerful notes, their soft desires.
While heat makes buds and blossoms spring,
those pretty couples love and sing.
But winter puts out their desire,
and half the year they want love's fire.

[9]



Nymphs and Shepherds

Nymphs and Shepherds

Nymphs and shepherds, come away.
In the groves let's sport and play,
For this is Flora's holiday,
Sacred to ease and happy love,
To dancing, to music and to poetry;
Your flocks may now securely rove
Whilst you express your jollity.
Nymphs and shepherds, come away.

[10]



Works

A complete edition of Shadwell's works was published by another son, Sir John Shadwell, in 1720. His other dramatic works are:

Notes

  1. ^ Thomas Shadwell
  2. ^ Shadwell
  3. ^ Thomas Shadwell biography
  4. ^ NNDB
  5. ^ MacFleck’noe
  6. ^ a b NNDB
  7. ^ Satire
  8. ^ Thomas Shadwell
  9. ^ Love in their little veins inspires
  10. ^ Nymphs and Shepherds

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Preceded by
John Dryden		British Poet Laureate
1689–1692		Succeeded by
Nahum Tate
John Dryden (– was an influential English poet Literary critic, Translator and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England A Poet Laureate is a Poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events Nahum Tate (1652&ndash July 30, 1715) was an Irish Poet, Hymnist, and Lyricist, who became England's Poet laureate in 1692
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