Three Hours after Marriage, by John Arbuthnot John Gay Alexander Pope
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"[...]book. This quarrel, whether with both poets involved with Cibber or only one, doubtless cost the play a revival or two that it would otherwise have had; with such evidence of anger in the authors Cibber could well have wished to have done with them and their work. The use of the crocodile costume on April 2 in a dance at Drury Lane entitled The Shipwreck suggests that so far as the management was concerned the play for which it had been devised would not be acted again. Thereafter, Three Hours had only two revivals (Handlist of Plays in Nicoll, Early Eighteenth-Century Drama)—one in 1737 (two performances) the other in 1746 (three). A pity! But in any case the play could not have had much of a life on the[...]".
Three Hours after Marriage, by John Arbuthnot John Gay Alexander Pope- Published on: 2015-03-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .21" w x 6.00" l, .25 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 90 pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. It takes triple authorship to write a good double entendre By Christopher (o.d.c.) This little comedy was produced in 1717. The five-act version printed here was published in Dublin in 1758- "Printed for W. WHITESTONE, opposite Dick's Coffee-House, in Skinner-Row. "- re-introduced by the Augustan Reprint Society in 1960, thence to Gutenberg, thence to the Kindle store.There are two anonymous letters printed after the play, one a 'key,' whose author says:" ...The expectation of all lovers of the drama, were rais'd to the highest pitch, from the great reputation of the authors, (the Triumvir, as they were call'd) Pope, Gay, and Arbuthnot. I went to the Theatre the first night, but could not find the least room; every door that was opened to me, diffus'd more heat than a baker's oven, or the mouth of a glass-house. The next morning, I stroll'd to several coffee-houses, where I knew the wits and criticks met like surgeons, to dissect the body of any new piece; but I found more opinions among them, than there are sectaries in the world: So I resolv'd to venture a sweating the next evening, and be my own judge. When I came to the Theatre, I found it crowded as the night before, but fortunately got a seat in the boxes among some of my acquaintance..."The other letter, an account of the quarrel between Pope and Cibber, the actor, poet, and theater manager who played the part of Plotwell:" ... Mr. Pope's apparition to Mr. Cibber on this occasion was known to very few, but this of Mr. Gay was the common town and table-talk for some time, kept up by the grub-street wits that made many a hearty meal upon it, ('till something more in season threw it out of the bill of fare.) It is manifest, this truffing beginning put an end to Pope's friendship for Cibber if he realy had any; and the continuance of his enmity, for near thirty years, is no mark of humanity."The play itself is about an old doctor and his young bride, and two 'intriguers,' Plotwell and Underplot, trying to 'get with' the bride, who seems to be eager to help them. At one point, they are both in Doctor Fosseli's "musaeum," disguised as a mummy and a crocodile:Plot. Madam I am a human creature. Taste my balsamick kiss.Underp. A lover in swadling-clouts! What is his kiss, to my embrace?Plot. Look upon me, madam. See how I am embroider'd with hieroglyphicks.Underp. Consider my beautiful row of teeth.Plot. My balmy breath.Underp. The strong joints of my back.Plot. My erect stature.Underp. My long tail.Town[ley, the bride]. Such a contest of beauty! How shall I decide it?It is funny enough, but not a lost gem.Thanks to reviewer Phred for tipping me off to this play, and letting me review it first. Since getting this play, I have read a few more Augustan Reprint Society pamphlets, and have decided to upgrade my rating.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Comedy had already been Restored By Allen Smalling THREE HOURS AFTER MARRIAGE, a work of Restoration Comedy by John Arbuthnot with help from John Gay and Alexander Pope, appeared in London in 1717, about seven years after modern critics have declared the genre of Restoration Comedy at its end, and nearly twenty years past the point it dominated London theater. Nonetheless, it played to packed houses for seven straight nights (a near-record at the time), and it is often supposed that had it not been censured on moral grounds, it might have kept more of its reputation.Upon examination, this play has relatively little to recommend it besides it being an *a clef* but pointed satire of Richard Blackmore, a physician who wrote poetry. The protagonist in THREE HOURS AFTER MARRIAGE is also a physician with friends among the artistic class, and like many a potential cuckold in the genre, must shield his brand-new wife from all and sundry until he can achieve his end of spiriting her off, virginal and willing, to a secret point of consummation. But can he? One recalls that another term for "Restoration Comedy" is "Comedy of Manners," as the dear doctor crosses paths with hindrances and helpmates, most of whom appear to be frauds of some manner or another.When the play was revived in London in 2008, the GUARDIAN's critic praised its "visual ingenuity" (slapstick of a kind that hid a potential lover under the mistress' petticoats and used an alligator's tail as a phallic symbol), but that came at a lack of "vocal incisiveness" (playing for verbal wit). Perhaps the larger point is that this play is too busy of a play, and it is difficult to play for one aspect without cheating the other. Even the potentially crude plays of Wycherly, Congreve or Aphra Benn are models of wit and balance in which the audience can appreciate both the verbal audacity and the occasional lapse into physical comedy that spring from the pitched dialogue. This play is interesting -- what play from this epoch is not -- but does not recommend itself to modern viewers outside of those who pay rapt attention to the culture of early 18th-Century England.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Some wonderful word play, some stock characters and a bit with a mummy and a crocodile By Phred When originally produced in England in 1717 Three Hours after Marriage was something of a record breaking hit. Because it pushed a number of delicate topics such as cuckoldry and female wantonness it was critically reviewed as obscene and disappeared from play lists for 200 Years. The play was collaboration between Alexander Pope, John Grey and John Arbuthnot. However disagreement between the authors and the acting company would have Pope removing his name from association with the play.The play open shortly after the marriage of aptly named Dr. Fosseli , an elderly physician and scientist and his too young of a bride, Mrs. Townley. They should be headed to the marriage bed, instead they decide to keep their marriage a secret, thereby avoiding problems with the bride's family and delaying the fact that the old man realizes he is too old for a traditional wedding night. For the rest of the play Ms. Townley is the "bride, but not yet a wife."With the lady, this is indeed acting . Among others she has two ardent would be lovers, Mr. Plotwell and Mr. Underplot. The doctor routinely intercepts love letters between the loves and not quite a wife, even catching the men as they close their competing suits for the new bride favors. The new bride is just as clever at dissuading her husband that these men are any threat to the purity of the marriage bed even as she encourages them both. Ultimately she offers to honor them both as she has promised, once they decide who has won her.And so we have some of the stock figures bedroom farce: The old and foolish husband, the smarter and willing wife, and ardent lovers. Performers are likewise backed by the usual props, intercepted letters and disguises. Most notably when the two would be lovers appear in a shared scene disguised as a Mummy and a Crocodile.With so much of the basic plot using mostly stock characters and situation, what makes this a fun read is the quality of the interchanges among the characters. Double entendre are frequent as are several scenes of broad physical comedy. A subplot involves an acting company, and with them a `critick' Mr. Tremendous. He will engage in a humorous exchange with the poet who writes for the actin company and helps to start the fun.Three Hours after Marriage is mostly a light read. It is surprisingly close to the edge of proper even for a modern audience. This is not to say that is has crude language or obvious displays of lewdness, but the story line is perhaps too sophisticated for the young. Naughty as a major on stage device is not as new as some would like to think. This play stands as proof. The ending is that old man groom and too young bride mostly get what they want. But the ending is not the one either they or us would have predicted.
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