The Gentleman Dancing-Master

Author(s): Wycherley, William
Note: Based on an incident in the Spanish play El maestro de danzar [ The Dancing Master ] by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (ESTC R12858). William Wycherley (1641-1716)
Date of composition:
  • 1672
Date of first performance: 1672
Date of first publication: 1673
Genre (Annals): Comedy

HIERONIMO/EMOTHE text(s):
  • HIERONIMO:
  • EEBO-TCP:  URL (1693) 
  • 1673 quarto Macock, John Herringman, Henry single-play print
      ESTC: R12858 W3744
      EEBO-TCP: Bodleian Library and Huntington Library - EEBO record , record
  • 1693 quarto Herringman, Henry single-play print
      ESTC: R34098 W3745
      EEBO-TCP: A67199 - Huntington Library - EEBO record – TCP HTML XML
  • 1702 quarto Wellington, Richard single-play print

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Early Performances

  • Company: The Duke’s Company Venue: Dorset Garden Date: 1672
    Cast:
      Location: Venue type: commercial theatre
      Note: August
      Information source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Volume 1 Restoration Drama 1660-1700. 1952.

    Modern editions

    • Dixon, Peter, ed. Love in a Wood ; The Gentleman Dancing-Master ; The Country Wife ; The Plain Dealer. Wycherley, William. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Oxford World’s Classics.
    • Holland, Peter, ed. The Plays of William Wycherley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Plays by Renaissance and Restoration Dramatists.
    • Friedman, Arthur, ed. The Plays of William Wycherley. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979.
    • Weales, Gerald, ed. The Complete Plays of William Wycherley. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1966.
    • Ward, W. C., ed. William Wycherley. London: E. Benn, 1948.
    • Ward, A. C., ed. William Wycherley : The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists. Wycherley, William. London: Vizetelley, 1888. Mermaid.

    Select Bibliography: Translations

    • DE:
      • Wycherley, William. Der Herr Tanzmeister: eine Komödie in 5 Akten. Tra. Schwarz, W. A. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 1965 ?.

    Select Bibliography: Criticism

    • Thompson, Peggy. "Why say we no?': the trope of insincere resistance in 'The Gentleman Dancing-Master' and 'The Plain Dealer'". Papers on Language & Literature. 2006, vol. 4, 42, p. 420-39.
    • Velissariou, Aspasia. "Patriarchal tactics of control and female desire in Wycherley's 'The Gentleman Dancing-Master' and 'The Country Wife'". Texas Studies in Literature and Language. 1995, vol. 2, 37, p. 115-26.
    • Schricke, Gilbert. "Monsieur de Paris, mauvais anglais et faux étranger: 'The Gentleman Dancing-Master' de Wycherley". Ed. Rigaud, N. J.. L'étranger dans la littérature et la pensée anglaises. Actes du Colloque, Aix-en-Provence, 11-12 mars 1988. Aix-en-Provence: Univ. of Provence for Centre Aixois de Recherches Anglaises, 1989, p. 73-82.
    • Marshall, W. Gerald. "The idea of theatre in Wycherley's ' 'The Gentleman Dancing-Master'". Restoration. 1982, 6, p. 1-10.
    • Terry, Sam G. "The Comic Standard in Wycherley's 'The Gentleman Dancing-Master'". Enlightenment Essays Chicago. 1975, 6, p. 3-11.

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