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 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.
Quotations
[edit]There are two very widely known quotations in the play; from the opening to the play:
- Musick has Charms to soothe a savage Breast,[1]
The word "breast" is often misquoted as "beast" and "has" sometimes appears as "hath".
Also often repeated is a quotation of Zara in Act III, Scene II:
- Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd,
- Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd.[2]
This is usually misquoted as "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ From text at [1]. See also Quotes from The Mourning Bride.
- ^ Congreve, William (1753). The Mourning Bride: A Tragedy. Dublin: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand. p. 46. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Merz, Theo (21 January 2014). "Ten literary quotes we all get wrong". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
References
[edit]- Erskine-Hill, H., Lindsay, A. (eds), William Congreve: The Critical Heritage, Routledge (1995).
- Congreve, W., The Works of Mr. Congreve: Volume 2. Containing: The Mourning Bride; The Way of the World; The Judgment of Paris; Semele; and Poems on Several Occasions, Adamant Media (2001), facsimile reprint of a 1788 edition published in London.
- McKenzie, D., The Works of William Congreve: Volume I, OUP Oxford (2011), v. 1, pp. 5–94.
- Congreve, William (1753). The Mourning Bride: A Tragedy. Dublin: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand. p. 46. https://books.google.com/books?id=U3ACAAAAYAAJ Retrieved 18 Aug. 2017.
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