The Fair Penitent
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The Fair Penitent
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The Fair Penitent is Nicholas Rowe's stage adaptation of the tragedy The Fatal Dowry, the Philip Massinger and Nathan Field collaboration first published in 1632. Rowe's adaptation, premiered onstage in 1702 and first published in 1703, was a great popular success through much of the 18th century, and was praised by critics as demanding as Samuel Johnson. In making his adaptation, Rowe eliminated characters and simplified the action "to create a more focused play than the original." He pursued "
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1702 play by Nicholas Rowe
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2023-10-24T15:00:30Z
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