See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• THOMAS SOUTHERNE (166o-1746)

SOUTHERNE (166o-1746)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Oxmantown, near See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, in 1660, and entered Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1676 . Two years later he was entered at the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple, See also:

• LONDON

London . His first See also:

• PLAY

play, The See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince, or the Loyal See also:

• BROTHER

Brother (1682), was based on a contemporary novel . The real See also:

• INTEREST

interest of the play See also:

• LAY

lay not in the See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot, but in the See also:

• POLITICAL

political significance of the personages . Tachmas, the " loyal brother," is obviously a flattering portrait of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James II., and the villain Ismael is generally taken to represent See also:

• SHAFTESBURY
• SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, 1ST EARL OF (1621-1683)
• SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, 7TH EARL OF (1801–1885)
• SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONYASHLEY COOPER, 3RD EARL OF (1671-1713)

Shaftesbury . The poet received an See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign's See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in Princess See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne's See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, and rapidly See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, but his military career came to an end at the Revolution . He then gave himself up entirely to dramatic See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing . In 1692 he revised and completed Cleomenes fcr See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden; and two years later he scored a See also:

• GREAT

great success in the sentimental See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama of The Fatal See also:

• MARRIAGE

Marriage, or the See also:

• INNOCENT (INNOCENTIUS)
• INNOCENT (POPES)

Innocent See also:

• ADULTERY (from Lat. adulterium)

Adultery (1694) . The piece is based on Mrs Aphra See also:

• BEHN, APHRA (otherwise AFRA, APHARA or AYFARA) (164o-1689)

Behn's The See also:

• NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from Lat. nonnus, nonna, familiar terms for an old man or woman)

Nun, with the addition of a comic underplot . It was frequently revived, and in 1757 was altered by See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick and produced at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane . It was known later as See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella, or The Fatal Marriage . The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general spirit oI his comedies is well exemplified by a See also:

• LINE

line from See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony Love (1691)—" every See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day a new See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress and a new See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel." This See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, in which the See also:

• PART

part of the heroine, disguised as Sir Anthony Love, was excellently played by Mrs See also:

• MOUNTFORT, WILLIAM (c. 1664-1692)

Mountfort, was his best .

He scored another conspicuous success in Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave (1696) . For the plot of this he was again indebted to the novel by Mrs Behn . In his later pieces " Honest Tom See also:

• SOUTHERNE, THOMAS (166o-1746)

Southerne " did not secure any great successes, but he contrived to gain better returns from his plays than Dryden did, and he remained a favourite with his See also:

• CON

con-temporaries and with the next See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation . He died on the 22nd of May 1746 . His other plays are: The Disappointment, or the See also:

• MOTHER

Mother in See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

Fashion (1684), founded in part on the Curioso Impertinente in See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Quixote; The Wives' Excuse, or Cuckolds make themselves (1692); The Maid's Last See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

Prayer; or Any, rather than fail (1692); The See also:

• FATE

Fate of See also:

• CAPUA (anc. Casilinum;, a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 7 M. W. by rail from the town oI Caserta. Pop. (1901) 14
• CAPUA (mod. S. Maria di Capua Vetere)

Capua (1700); The Spartan See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame (1719), taken from See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch's See also:

• LIFE

Life of See also:

• AEGIS (Gr. Aigis)

Aegis; and See also:

• MONEY

Money the Mistress (1729) . See Plays written by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Southerne, with an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of the Life and Writings of the Author (1774) .