Elkanah Settle

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Elkanah Settle (born February 1, 1648 in Dunstable , † February 12, 1724 in London ) was an English playwright of the Stuart Restoration .

Life

His greatest success was the spectacular Empress of Morocco (1673), which enjoyed numerous revivals and reprints. John Dryden , John Crowne and Thomas Shadwell attacked the piece in the sharpest way in a pamphlet Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco printed in 1674 . The farce version of the piece by Thomas Duffett, first performed in 1673, was also extremely successful .

In addition to numerous dramas, Settle published casual poems and political pamphlets.

Dramatic work (selection)

  • Cambyses King of Persia: a tragedy. Acted by His Highness the Duke of York's servants. Written by Elkanah Settle, Gent. Licensed, March 6. 1670. Roger L'Estrange . London: printed for William Cademan, at the Pope's Head in the lower walk of the New-Exchange, 1671.
  • The empress of Morocco. A tragedy. With sculptures. As it is acted at the Duke's Theater. Written by Elkanah Settle, servant to his Majesty . London: printed for William Cademan at the Popes-head in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange in the Strand, 1673.
  • The conquest of China, by the Tartars. A tragedy acted at the Duke's Theater. Written by Elkanah Settle, servant to His Majesty . London: printed by T [homas]. M [ilbourn]. for W. Cademan, at the Popes-Head in the lower-walk of the New-Exchange, in the Strand, 1676.
  • Ibrahim the illustrious Bassa. A tragedy. Acted at the Duke's Theater. Written by Elkanah Settle, servant to His Majesty. Licensed May the 4th. 1676. Roger L'Estrange . London: printed by T [homas]. M [ilbourn]. for W. Cademan, at the Popes-Head in the lower vvalk of the New-Exchange in the Strand, 1677.
  • The Female Prelate: being the History of the Life and Death of Pope Joan . London: Printed for W. Cademan, 1680.
  • The heir of Morocco, with the death of Gayland. Acted at the Theater Royal. By E. Settle . London: printed for William Cademan at the Popes Head in the lower walk of the New Exchange, 1682.
  • Distress'd innocence: or, The Princess of Persia, a tragedy. As it is acted at the Theater Royal by Their Majesties servants. Written by E. Settle . London: printed by E [dward]. Jones]. for Abel Roper at the Miter near Temple-Bar in Fleet-Street, 1691.
  • The ambitious slave: or, a generous revenge, a tragedy, acted at the Theater Royal. Written by E. Settle . London: printed for A. Roper, and E. Wilkinson, at the Black-Boy in Fleetstreet, 1694.
  • Cassandra: or, the virgin prophetess An opera, as it is now perform'd at the Theater Royal by His Majesty's servants. The musical entertainments being inserted in their proper places . London: printed for A. Roper, and R. Basset, 1702.

literature

  • FC Brown: “Settle's occasional poetry”. Elkanah Settle: His Life and Works . University of Chicago Press, 1910.
  • William J. Bulman: Publicity and Popery on the Restoration Stage: Elkanah Settle's 'The Empress of Morocco in Context' . In: Journal of British Studies , 51.2, 2012, pp. 308–339.
  • Settle, Elkanah . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 24 : Sainte-Claire Deville - Shuttle . London 1911, p. 705 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]). .
  • Jeannie Dalporto: The Succession Crisis and Elkanah Settle's The Conquest of China by the Tartars . In: Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation , 45.2, 2004, pp. 131–146.
  • Anne Doyle: Dryden's Authorship of Notes and Observations on The Empress of Morocco (1674) . In: Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900 (SEL), 6.3, 1966, pp. 421–445.
  • Don-John Dugas: Elkanah Settle, John Crowne and Nahum Tate . In: Susan J. Owen (Ed.): A Companion to Restoration Drama . Blackwell, Oxford UK 2008, pp. 378-395. Print. Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture), p. 12.
  • Anne Hermanson: Monstrous Women in Aphra Behn's Abdelazer and Elkanah Settle's The Empress of Morocco . In: Mary Ann O'Donnell, Bernard Dhuicq (eds.): Aphra Behn (1640–1689): Le modèle Européen . Bilingua, Paris 2005, pp. 25-32.
  • Anne Hermanson: The Horror Plays of the English Restoration . Ashgate, Surrey UK 2014.
  • Susan B. Iwanisziw: Tortured Bodies, Factionalism, and Unsettled Loyalties in Settle's Morocco Plays . In: James Robert Allard, Mathew R. Martin (Eds.): Staging Pain, 1580–1800: Violence and Trauma in British Theater . Ashgate, Surrey UK 2009, pp. 111-136.
  • HHR Love: The Authorship of the Postscript of Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco . In: Notes and Queries , 13, 1966, pp. 27-28.
  • Maximillian E. Novak: Elkanah Settle's Attacks on Thomas Shadwell and the Authorship of the 'Operatic Tempest' . In: Notes and Queries , 15, 1968, pp. 263-265.
  • The Empress of Morocco and Its Critics . Clark Memorial Library, UCLC, Los Angeles 1968.
  • Ayanna Thompson: Performing Race and Torture on the Early Modern Stage . Routledge, New York NY 2008.

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personal data
SURNAME Settle, Elkanah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English playwright
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1648
PLACE OF BIRTH Dunstable
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1724
Place of death London