Contemporary Ecclesiastical Reactions to Home’s Douglas
It is not entirely clear whether the man in the gallery who cried out, ‘Whaur’s yer Willie Shakespeare noo?’ was being facetious, but the audiences both in Edinburgh and in London gave the tragedy Douglas by John Home- an enthusiastic reception. The Reverend Alexander Carlyle, better known as Jupite...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1992
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Studies in church history
Year: 1992, Volume: 28, Pages: 355-361 |
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| Summary: | It is not entirely clear whether the man in the gallery who cried out, ‘Whaur’s yer Willie Shakespeare noo?’ was being facetious, but the audiences both in Edinburgh and in London gave the tragedy Douglas by John Home- an enthusiastic reception. The Reverend Alexander Carlyle, better known as Jupiter Carlyle from his fine appearance, noted in his Anecdotes and Characters: The Play had unbounded Success for a Great Many Nights in Edinr and was attended by all the Literati, and most of the Judges, who except one or two had not been in use to attend the Theatre. The Town in Gen was in an uproar of Exultation, that a Scotchman had written a Tragedy of the First Rate and that its Merit was first Submitted to their Judgment. |
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| ISSN: | 2059-0644 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0424208400012559 |
