The Mourning Bride is a 1697 tragedy by William Congreve about a captive queen entangled in a web of love and deceit, resulting in accidental murder and suicide.
The Mourning Bride is a tragedy by William Congreve, premiered in 1697. It centers on Queen Zara, who is held captive and involved in a plot leading to mistaken murder and suicide.
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| Back | Mourning Bride is a tragedy written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1697 at Betterton's Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields. The play centres 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. |
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