The Comedies of John Crowne (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Comedies of John CrowneJohn Crowne was one of the most productive dramatists of the Restoration time. He attained to a certain distinction both as a writer of tragedies and comedies. His dramatic productions have disappeared from the English stage long ago, his plays are indeed only mentioned as links in the chain of the literary productions of the English poets. Yet his comedies are not devoid of a certain merit, and his tragedies deserve to be noticed.The dialogue in his comedies is often overflowing with wit and eloquence, and when reading his tragedies we are frequently struck by the powerful and poetical language. Langbaine, in his account of the English Dramatic Poets, Oxon 1691, 12, advances the following opinion of our poet, speaking of him as "a person, now living, who has attempted all sorts of dramatic poetry with different success... If I may be allowed to speak my sentiments, " he says, "I think his genius seems fittest for Comedy, though possibly his Tragedies are no ways contemptible, of all which, in my weak judgment, his 'Destruction of Jerusalem' seems the best." Then comes an enumeration of Crowne's plays up to 1691.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.