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Frontispiece of The Mourning Bride published in 1703
1757 costume drawing for Zara in The Mourning Bride

The Mourning Bride is a tragedy written by English playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1697 at Betterton's Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields. The play centers on Zara, a queen held captive by Manuel, King of Granada, and a web of love and deception which results in the mistaken murder of Manuel who is in disguise, and Zara's also mistaken suicide in response.

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The Mourning Bride

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The Mourning Bride is a tragedy written by English playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1697 at Betterton's Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields. The play...

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A Woman Scorned

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A Woman Scorned may refer to: A line from the 1697 play The Mourning Bride by William Congreve: "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell...

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William Congreve

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tragedy, The Mourning Bride (1697) which was extremely popular at the time of creation but is now one of his least regarded dramas. After the production...

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Scabiosa atropurpurea

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atropurpurea), the mourningbride, mournful widow, pincushion flower, or sweet scabious, is an ornamental plant of the genus Scabiosa in the family Caprifoliaceae...

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Bride

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countries, brides often wear national dress, with white wedding dresses being uncommon in Asian cultures as it symbolizes mourning and death. Red, on the other...

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Hell Hath No Fury

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the free dictionary. Hell Hath No Fury may refer to: "Hell hath no fury", an interpreted line based on a quotation from the 1697 play The Mourning Bride...

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List of proverbial phrases

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The Mourning Bride, Act III scene viii Hindsight is always twenty-twenty[a] History repeats itself[a] Home is where the heart is[a] Honesty is the best...

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Elizabeth Barry

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English actress of the Restoration period. Elizabeth Barry's biggest influence on Restoration drama was her presentation of performing as the tragic actress...

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Black Veil Brides

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Black Veil Brides is an American rock band based in Hollywood, California. The group formed in 2006 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is currently composed of...

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High Life Below Stairs

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play by the British writer James Townley. An afterpiece, it premiered at Drury Lane on a double bill with a revival of Dryden's The Mourning Bride. A popular...

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Mermaid Series

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The Old Bachelor - The Double-Dealer - Love for Love - The Way of the World - The Mourning Bride Notes by Ernest Rhys The Shoemaker's Holiday - The Honest...

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1697 in literature

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"quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns") Anonymous (A Young Lady) – The Unnatural Mother Colley Cibber – Woman's Wit William Congreve – The Mourning Bride John...

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Maria Macklin

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played Rosalind in As You Like It, Jacintha in The Suspicious Husband and Almeira in The Mourning Bride. She played Almeira at her benefit that season...

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Hannah Pritchard

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Lady Brumpton in the Funeral, Cleopatra in All for Love, Lady Betty Modish, Millamant, Zara in the Mourning Bride, Lady Truman in the Drummer, Queen Elizabeth...

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Theatre in Birmingham

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Love and The Mourning Bride, and John Rich's The Spaniard Outwitted. Performances were given in costumes "proper to the play", reflecting the time and...

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Elizabeth Younge

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Husband, and Almera in The Mourning Bride, but after quarrelling with Garrick over her salary, she left Drury Lane for the short-lived Capel Street Theatre...

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Rage in Heaven

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William Congreve's The Mourning Bride). At a mental institution in Paris, Doctor Rameau (Oscar Homolka) discusses with the British consul the case of a man...

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Catharine Trotter Cockburn

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name of critic." The following year, Trotter sent a set of complimentary verses to William Congreve regarding his play The Mourning Bride, which likely sparked...

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Charlotte Lennox

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night at the Haymarket Theatre in a production of The Mourning Bride in 1750. In the latter year, she also published her most successful poem, "The Art of...

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Cave Underhill

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William Bullock; and on 20 January 1707 he repeated Blunt in The Rover. The Mourning Bride (Congreve) was given for his benefit on 28 May; and on 3 June...

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Before the Mourning

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Before the Mourning (also initialized as B4TM) was an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles. They released two EPs, Remembrance and Damned and Forsaken...

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