The Mourning Bride
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The Mourning Bride is a 1697 tragedy by English playwright William Congreve, best known today for the line “Heav’n has no rage like love to hatred turn’d, nor Hell a fury like a woman scorn’d.”
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
ⓘ
stage work ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| author | William Congreve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfWork | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | five-act tragedy ⓘ |
| famousFor | line "Heav’n has no rage like love to hatred turn’d, nor Hell a fury like a woman scorn’d" ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1697 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAt | Drury Lane Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Almeria
NERFINISHED
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Alonzo NERFINISHED ⓘ Antonio NERFINISHED ⓘ Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ Houson NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendez NERFINISHED ⓘ Osmyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Perez NERFINISHED ⓘ Roderigo NERFINISHED ⓘ Zara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | rhymed and unrhymed verse ⓘ |
| hasGenre | verse drama ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | English proverbial expression "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStatus | canonical Restoration tragedy ⓘ |
| hasMeter | blank verse ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
court politics
ⓘ
dynastic conflict ⓘ imprisonment and captivity ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
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jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ misrecognition ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Restoration literature ⓘ |
| movement | Restoration drama ⓘ |
| notableQuote | "Heav’n has no rage like love to hatred turn’d, nor Hell a fury like a woman scorn’d" ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| partOf | William Congreve's dramatic works ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1697 ⓘ |
| quoteParaphrasedAs | "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | William Congreve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.