Dragon of Wantley
Dragon of Wantley The Dragon of Wantley is a 17th century satirical verse parody about a dragon and a brave knight. It was ...
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Augustan drama
... twisters and parody. However, Carey worked The Dragon of Wantley into a play in 1734. Fielding and ... roast, and human buttocks simultaneously), Carey's Dragon of Wantley was an unmistakable attack on tax policy ... instead of in ranks) and the titular dragon of Wantley, as well as the ...
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Henry Carey (writer)
... castrati, but in 1737, he adapted The Dragon of Wantley from a Lincolnshire folk ballad into a ... Margery, or, a Worse Plague than the Dragon, a sequel to The Dragon of Wantley. He had another popular success in ...
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Licensing Act 1737
... intrigue with the Queen, and his The Dragon of Wantley revived a 17th century ballad to protest ... of Chrononhotonthologos, and the bitterness of The Dragon of Wantley. In the year of the Act, Henry ...
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Haymarket Theatre
... and not to be matched until The Dragon of Wantley. In the 1720's, the Haymarket was ... would be followed by Tom Thumb, The Dragon of Wantley, Pasquin and others. Additionally, refugees from Drury ...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
... Chase, The Battle of Otterburn, Lillibullero, The Dragon of Wantley and Sir Patrick Spens along with ballads ...
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Chrononhotonthologos
... examples of a parodic opera. Although The Dragon of Wantley would be more fully an opera, Chrononhotonthologos ...
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Augustan literature
... e.g. the Bagford Ballads or The Dragon of Wantley in the Percy Folio), and so what ...
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Category:History of Sheffield
... Carl Wark Francis Legatt Chantrey D Dore Dragon of Wantley E Ebenezer Elliott F John Fowler (engineer ...
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Category:British poems
... D Danny Deever Darkness (poem) Dover Beach Dragon of Wantley The Dream of Gerontius Dulce et Decorum ...
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