The Mourning Bride (Tragedy)

Frontispiece of The Mourning Bride published in 1703

The Mourning Bride is a tragedy written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1697 at Betterton's Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Quotes

There are several widely known quotes in the play, including those that open the play:

Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,

and those that end the thrid act:

Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned,

Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned.

References

• Erskine-Hill, H., Lindsay, A. (eds), William Congreve: The Critical Heritage, Routledge (1995).
• Congreve, W., The Works of Mr. Congreve: Volume 2. Containing: The Mourning Bride; The Way of the World; The Judgment of Paris; Semele; and Poems on Several Occasions, Adamant Media (2001), facsimile reprint of a 1788 edition published in London.
• Mackenzie, D., The Works of William Congreve: Volume I, OUP Oxford (2011), v. 1, pp.5-94.

External links

• The Mourning Bride, full text on talebooks.com.accessed 22 January 2012
• Quotes from The Mourning Bride