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.”

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instanceOf play
stage work
tragedy
author William Congreve
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
genre tragedy
hasCharacter Almeria
linked to: Almería

Alonzo
Antonio
Garcia
linked to: García

Houson
King of Granada
Mendez
Osmyn
linked to: Mordaunt

Perez
Roderigo
Zara
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
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
linked to: London, England
publicationDate 1697
quoteParaphrasedAs "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"
setting Spain
writer William Congreve

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William Congreve notableWork The Mourning Bride
William Congreve wrote The Mourning Bride
Marion Bailey notableWork The Mourning Bride
Life of William Congreve discusses The Mourning Bride