Apedia

Mourning Mistaken Bride Bride Is A Tragedy Written British Playwright William Congreve Premiered

Front The Mourning Bride
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.

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Movement poetry j d literary english poets considered

Previous card: Plays mourning electra is characters greek o'neill's divided electra

Up to card list: Wordsworth companion to literature by Bahman Moradi