John Vanbrugh
(1664 - 1726)
English playwright and architect. Sir John Vanbrugh was born in London and baptised 24th January, 1664. Died London 26th March, 1726
PLAYS
All were first performed in London.
- The Relapse, or Virtue in Danger. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1696. Produced Drury Lane Theatre, Nov. 21, 1696.
- Aesop, Part I. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1697. Produced Drury Lane Theatre, ca. December, 1696. Based on Edme Boursault's Esope a la vale (1690).
- Aesop, Part II. Comedy, 1 long act. Published 1697. Produced Drury Lane Theatre, ca. March, 1697.
- The Provok'd Wife. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1697. Produced Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, ca. May, 1697.
- The Country House. Farce, 2 acts. Published 1715. Produced Drury Lane Theatre, January, 1698. Based on Florent Carton Dancourt's La Maison de campagne (1688).
- The Pilgrim. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1700. Produced Drury Lane Theatre, ca. March, 1700. Based on John Fletcher's play of the same name (ca. 1621).
- The False Friend. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1702. Produced Drury Lane Theatre, ca. February, 1702. Based on Alain-Rene Lesage's Le Traître puni (pub. 1700), an adaptation of Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla's La Traición busca el castigo (pub. 1640).
- Squire Trelooby. Play. Produced 1704. Adaptation; with William Congreve and William Walsh based on Moliere's Monsieur de Pourceaugnac.
- The Confederacy. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1705. Produced Haymarket Theatre, October 30, 1705. Based on Dancourt's Les Bourgeoises à la mode (1682).
- The Mistake. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1706. Produced Haymarket Theatre, Dec. 27, 1705. Based closely on Molière's Le Dépit amoureux (1654).
- The Cuckold in Conceit. Play. Produced 1707. Adaptation based on Moliere's Sganarelle, ou Le Cocu imaginaire.
- A Journey to London. Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1726. Published 1728. Produced as The Provok'd Husband with many revisions by Colley Cibber, Drury Lane Theatre, Jan. 10, 1728.
CRITICISM
- M. Dametz, John Vanbrughs Leben and Werke, Vienna and Leipzig, 1898;
- C. Barman, Sir John Vanbrugh, London, 1924;
- L. Whistler, Sir John Vanbrugh, Architect and Dramatist, 1664-1726, London, 1938.