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1679 play
The Virtuous Wife; Or, Good Luck At Last is a 1679 comedy play by the English writer Thomas D'Urfey. It was originally performed by the Duke's Company
The_Virtuous_Wife_(play)
Play by Dario Fo
The Virtuous Burglar (Italian title: Non tutti i ladri vengono per nuocere) is a one-act play by Dario Fo. A Feydeau-style farce in which a burglar who
The_Virtuous_Burglar
Plays of the English playwright
personified moral attributes to urge or instruct the protagonist to choose the virtuous life over Evil. The characters and plot situations are largely symbolic
Shakespeare's_plays
1675 play by William Wycherley
spokeswoman for "the virtuous gang" of secretly sex-hungry town wives, was played by the dynamic Elizabeth Knepp, whom Samuel Pepys declared "the most excellent
The_Country_Wife
Canadian actor (born 1969)
Canadian-American actor and television director. Priestley starred as virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1998, 2000). His
Jason_Priestley
Queen of England in 1540
in needlework and liked playing card games. She could read and write, but only in German. Anne was considered gentle, virtuous and docile, which is why
Anne_of_Cleves
American actress (born 1958)
throwing it around... In the movies you don't always hear what Bening can do with that voice, especially when she's playing virtuous, "sensible" types...
Annette_Bening
Roman politician and assassin of Julius Caesar (85–42 BC)
as a virtuous and committed republican who fought – however futilely – for freedom and against tyranny. Marcus Junius Brutus belonged to the illustrious
Marcus_Junius_Brutus
1952 novel by John Steinbeck
opposites: Aron is virtuous and dutiful, Cal wild and rebellious. At an early age, Aron meets a girl, Abra Bacon, from a well-to-do family, and the two fall in
East_of_Eden_(novel)
Cretan princess in Greek mythology
reputation as a virtuous queen and is not entirely responsible for her actions. She gets caught in the crossfire between Hippolytus and Aphrodite, the goddess
Phaedra_(mythology)
1697 English comedy play by John Vanbrugh
unfinished play by Vanbrugh was completed by Colley Cibber and staged under the title The Provoked Husband in 1728. The hitherto virtuous Lady Brute is
The_Provoked_Wife
Fictional heroine in medieval legend
is the heroine of a late medieval legend based on the motif of the virtuous wife falsely accused of infidelity. Her story is a typical example of the widespread
Genevieve_of_Brabant
Wife of Odysseus in Greek mythology
wits compared to others in her day, and so virtuous it was said that she surpassed even her cousin Helen in the beauty of her virtue. Glossed by Hesychius
Penelope
Tragedy by Friedrich Schiller (1783)
of whether virtuous or criminal. In a postscript to the Mannheim stage version he writes, Fiesco, a mighty, fearsome person who, under the deceptive camouflage
Fiesco_(play)
1718 play by Susanna Centlivre
a Wife is Susanna Centlivre's 18th-century satirical English play first performed in 1718. The plot expresses the author's unabashed support of the British
A_Bold_Stroke_for_a_Wife
Practice of a husband selling his wife
ruled Tanjavur 1684–1712, in the early 18th century wrote Satidânashûramu ('The Gifting of the Virtuous Wife'), a play in the Telugu language, for an annual
Wife_selling
Play by William Shakespeare
towards magic in the play ... range from the most positive to the most negative" but that twentieth century criticism emphasised the virtuous aspects of Prospero's
The_Tempest
American actor
2019). "Benjamin Wadsworth aims to be 'virtuous' in first lead role as Marcus on new TV series Deadly Class | The Star". Toronto Star. Retrieved February
Benjamin_Wadsworth_(actor)
5th-century BC Athenian Greek tragedian
goes on to say, at lines 1039ff., that his plays inspired the Athenians to be brave and virtuous. Aeschylus's works were influential beyond his own time
Aeschylus
Sage in Hinduism
to marry his daughter, and the latter agreed, and so the two lived together in the ashrama. Pleased with his wife's virtuous conduct, Pulastya declared
Vishrava
2015 play by Paula Vogel
Indecent is a 2015 American play by Paula Vogel. It recounts the controversy surrounding the play God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch, which was produced
Indecent_(play)
Play by William Shakespeare
the play depicts the consequences of King Lear's love-test, in which he divides his power and land according to the praise of his daughters. The play
King_Lear
Drama by Georg Büchner
love to his wife Julie, without whom he will not die. He is shown as recognising the plight of the people, who admire him as "virtuous" and "the incorruptible"
Danton's_Death
Medieval morality play, written c. 1470
Mankind enters, and addresses the audience, introducing himself. He is a farmer, and is resolved to live a virtuous life. Mercy instructs Mankind about
Mankind_(play)
1696 Restoration comedy by John Vanbrugh
have not done the play any favours with modern critics. Love's Last Shift is the story of a last "shift" or trick that a virtuous wife, Amanda, is driven
The_Relapse
Character in Cymbeline
Shakespeare's plays, notably the 1986 Oxford Edition, correct the name to Innogen. Imogen is princess of Britain, and the virtuous wife of the exiled Posthumus
Imogen_(Cymbeline)
Work on ethics by Aristotle
ascends beyond the other in virtue. A virtuous person seeks friendships that resemble the relationship he has with himself. A virtuous person has integrity
Nicomachean_Ethics
Play written by James Nelson Barker
(Miami and Grimosco), virtuous hero (Smith), and comic relief (Robin and others). The play can also be seen as a predecessor to the exaggerated emotionalism
The_Indian_Princess_(play)
Chief queen of Samundragupta
close friend, played an important role in the marriage of Samudragupta to Dattadevi. She is described as a "virtuous and faithful wife" in an Eran inscription
Dattadevi
which the two performers take turns playing Laclos's characters of weary rouė, scheming adulteress, virtuous wife, and innocent virgin (Although the roles
Quartet_(Müller_play)
Lost tragedy by Sophocles
Phaedra as neither as shameless as the first Euripidean Phaedra nor as virtuous as the second one. The plot of the lost Phaedra is very hard to reconstruct
Phaedra_(Sophocles_play)
Human flourishing in ancient Greek philosophy
life is one of "virtuous activity in accordance with reason" [1097b22–1098a20]; even Epicurus, who argues that the eudaimonic life is the life of pleasure
Eudaimonia
American actress and writer (1888–1981)
Temperamental Wife (1919) and A Virtuous Vamp (1919) were great hits for Talmadge. The couple joined the Talmadges and the Schencks at the Ambassador Hotel
Anita_Loos
English writer & playwright (c.1653–1723)
Fond Husband (1676), The Virtuous Wife (1680), and Wonders in the Sun, or, The Kingdom of the Birds (1706). In 1698 he wrote The Campaigners as a reply
Thomas_d'Urfey
Play by Thomas Middleton
and needs his son, the Phoenix, to take over from him. The boy is virtuous and wise; however, he has little practical experience of the world, and so his
The_Phoenix_(play)
English epic poem by Edmund Spenser
"fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline". Spenser presented the first three books of The Faerie Queene to Elizabeth I in 1589
The_Faerie_Queene
17th-century French dramatist (1639–1699)
thus, after two years of virtuous government, to inaugurate a tyranny. The characteristic Racinian framework is that of the eternal triangle: two young
Jean_Racine
Fictional character
closed for the summer. Unlike her best friend, Mina is an orphan who never knew her father or mother. Personality-wise, Mina is virtuous, intelligent
Mina_Harker
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
while in The Rape of Lucrece, the virtuous wife Lucrece is raped by the lustful Tarquin. Influenced by Ovid's Metamorphoses, the poems show the guilt and
William_Shakespeare
Character in Shakespeare's play
of her former husband appears to Hamlet, he describes her as a "seeming virtuous queen", but orders Hamlet not to confront her about it and leave her judgement
Gertrude_(Hamlet)
American actress and producer (born 1977)
Chastain took on the role of Anya, a virtuous young woman, in a Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard in
Jessica_Chastain
2002 film by Alex Cox
Carlo (a version of the play's Hippolito), Carla Henry as his virtuous sister Castiza, and Marc Warren and Justin Salinger as the Duchess's sons Supervacuo
Revengers_Tragedy
primarily the spendthrift young gentleman Thrasybulus and the virtuous but poor Alcon, both of whom have loans forfeited to an unscrupulous moneylender. The two
A_Looking_Glass_for_London
Arthurian legend character
fatally flawed, villainous, and opportunistic traitor to a noble and virtuous lady. The variably told motif of abduction of Guinevere, or of her being rescued
Guinevere
1796 gothic novel by Matthew Lewis
career, it was published anonymously when he was 20. It tells the story of a virtuous Catholic monk who gives in to his violent and lustful urges, setting
The_Monk
2025 historical romance drama television series
both protagonists from the original series, Jamie Fraser and Claire Beauchamp. Jamie's parents in 18th century Scotland are played by Harriet Slater as
Outlander:_Blood_of_My_Blood
1861 novel by George Eliot
another town. This secret prevents Godfrey from marrying Nancy Lammeter, a virtuous, beautiful young middle-class woman. On a winter's night, Molly tries to
Silas_Marner
Play written by Thomas Dekker
The Witch of Edmonton is an English Jacobean play, written by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker and John Ford in 1621. The play—"probably the most sophisticated
The_Witch_of_Edmonton
Indian actress (1909–2003)
as a romantic lead, but she is best remembered for her later roles playing a virtuous and upright mother to leading stars. She was born in a Marathi-speaking
Leela_Chitnis
Seventeenth-century tragicomedy written by Thomas Middleton
come into his inheritance. The virtuous Cleanthes has precisely the opposite reaction. (He also condemns the sexism of the law, observing that "There
The_Old_Law
1904 play by Anton Chekhov
The Cherry Orchard (Russian: Вишнёвый сад, romanized: Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was
The_Cherry_Orchard
Play by Philip Massinger
unrequited love for the maiden Calista. Calista prefers the rakish Adorio, who would be happy to serve as her lover—but the virtuous Calista wants a husband
The_Guardian_(play)
1945 collection of short stories by Osamu Dazai
The story begins by a description of the protagonist as a lonely alcoholic with a respectable wife and a son nicknamed "The Saint" for his virtuous life
Otogi-zōshi_(Dazai)
1633 play by John Ford
the play provided him with the main template for his 1989 film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. The pilot episode of Midsomer Murders, "The
'Tis_Pity_She's_a_Whore
German actress (1910–1994)
84, an Actress And the Wife of Hirschfeld". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 February 2016. "Crime and Punishment – Broadway Play – 1947 Revival | IBDB"
Dolly_Haas
Indian actor, writer
his film Maayan. While Vishwanathan met Kumaravel on the sets of the play Minnal Ravi (Virtuous Burglar), he was introduced to Radha Mohan and starred
Elango_Kumaravel
King of England from 1509 to 1547
Starkey, David (2003). Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII. Chatto & Windus. ISBN 978-0-7011-7298-5. —— (2008). Henry: Virtuous Prince. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-0072-8783-3
Henry_VIII
1885 comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan
flirting, to the post of Lord High Executioner ("Our great Mikado, virtuous man"). As Ko-Ko was the next prisoner scheduled to be decapitated, the town authorities
The_Mikado
1780 play by Hannah Cowley
also be trusted with decision making within the marriage. Cowley presents her female characters as virtuous and smart. She uses characters who are high
The_Belle's_Stratagem
Play by Robert Dodsley
loosely based his play on the legend of St. Genevieve, referring to Genevieve of Brabant, who according to legend, was a virtuous woman framed for adultery
Cleone_(play)
Shakespeare's history plays
plays of his Renaissance playwright contemporaries, the histories of Shakespeare define the theatrical genre of history plays. The historical plays also
Shakespearean_history
Figure in Abrahamic religions
Satan is a symbol of virtuous characteristics and liberty. Satan's appearance is never described in the Bible, but, since the ninth century, he has often
Satan
Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
such as the princess undergo ordeals to prove their virtuousness. While a 1905 article in the American Journal of Education recommended the story for
The_Princess_and_the_Pea
1795 book by the Marquis de Sade
purpose of having his daughter stripped of the morality that her virtuous mother taught her. The dialogue is split into seven parts, or "dialogues", and was
Philosophy_in_the_Bedroom
Play by William Shakespeare
says he is in love with Mistress Ford but cannot woo her as she is too virtuous. He offers to pay Falstaff to court her, saying that once she has lost
The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor
Play by Samuel Johnson
her religious faith, she falls out with her virtuous friend Aspasia: ASPASIA: Ah! let me rather seek the convent's cell; There where my thoughts, at intervals
Irene_(play)
Holy Roman Empress from 1676 to 1705
translating the Bible from Latin to German and defended the Order of the Discalced Carmelites. Reputed to be one of the most educated and virtuous women of
Eleonore_Magdalene_of_Neuburg
Mental complex revolving around negative views of female sexuality
women that the hero cannot reconcile: a blonde, virtuous, sophisticated, repressed "Madonna" and a dark-haired, single, sensual "fallen woman". The Martin
Madonna–whore_complex
Stage play by Philip Massinger
surprised when Mathias turns the tables on her, rejecting her advances before she can reject him. Honoria is humbled by his virtuous speeches, and confesses
The_Picture_(Massinger_play)
1954 film by Krishnan–Panju
"the sin of foreignness is [neutralised] by a chaste Tamil woman, the virtuous wife". The music director for the movie was C. S. Jayaraman while the background
Ratha_Kanneer
1724 novel by Daniel Defoe
Roxana to become the gentleman's mistress should he ask it. Roxana, however, clings to her virtuous independence. Fearing that the gentleman's kindness
Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
Roxana:_The_Fortunate_Mistress
First Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1534
righteous thoughts, and her active involvement in charitable foundations and virtuous deeds. Together with Selim, Hafsa had four daughters before having her
Hafsa_Sultan
1766 novel by Oliver Goldsmith
expose the moral failings, indifference, and hypocrisy of the upper classes, contrasting them with the Primrose family's plain but virtuous life. The book
The_Vicar_of_Wakefield
Play by Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern
The_Winter's_Tale
1931 film
and was years later reissued under that name.) The film was released in the U.K. as The Virtuous Wife. While at West Point, Lt. Bob Denton rebuffs Evelyn
Arizona_(1931_film)
Heroine of the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata
Satyavratā – virtuous. Vīrapatnī – 'wife of heroes'. Saputrā – 'mother of sons'. Manasvinī – 'esteemed'. Pancavallabhā – 'Beloved of the five Pandavas'
Draupadi
2018 film directed by Wayne Roberts
disingenuously virtuous time-killer,” writing that the film gestures toward profundity without ever achieving it. John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter found the central
The_Professor_(2018_film)
Literary work by Ban Zhao
work by the Han dynasty female intellectual Ban Zhao (45/49–117/120 CE). As one of the Four Books for Women, Lessons had wide circulation in the late Ming
Lessons_for_Women
Indian actress (1927–1974)
the all-time hit of Gunasundari Katha. In her Tamil film Parasakthi (1952), Sriranjani portrayed the male ideal of virtuous Hindu womanhood. In the same
Sriranjani_Jr.
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
The Crowning of the Virtuous Hero is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, painted between 1613 and 1614. Unsigned, it was commissioned by the St George Guild
The Crowning of the Virtuous Hero
The_Crowning_of_the_Virtuous_Hero
Musical artist
Kathy in the 2014 film Virtuous. In 2020, Kelly and Mike Bowling divorced, and Kelly began singing with their daughters as Kelly Crabb and the Bowling
The_Crabb_Family
1616 comedy by Ben Jonson
the young woman will not answer him, he answers for her, so aptly that the virtuous Mistress Fitzdottrel is impressed, almost against her will, with his
The_Devil_Is_an_Ass
1999 period film directed by Patricia Rozema
defying both the awesome patriarch, Sir Thomas Bertram, and the manipulative seducer, Henry Crawford. This adaptation modernises the chaste, virtuous story by
Mansfield_Park_(1999_film)
his script by referencing ancient, virtuous, pedagogical texts. The characters are named from Greek etymologies and the storyline's action is resolved in
Machiavelli_as_a_dramatist
27 BC–476/1453 AD state and civilization
disrupted; the Church formally discouraged gluttony, and hunting and pastoralism were seen as simple and virtuous. When Juvenal complained that the Roman people
Roman_Empire
First consort of the Hindu god Shiva
lit. 'truthful' or 'virtuous'), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी, IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī, lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital
Sati_(Hindu_goddess)
14th-century Middle English chivalric romance
syþez (faithful in five and many times five). The poet goes on to list the ways in which Gawain is virtuous: all five of his senses are without fault; his
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight
American actress, dancer and singer (born 1945)
9 in New York City. She played the role of Ruby, with The New York Times reviewer writing: "Ruby... is played like a virtuous, squeaking mouse by a girl
Leland_Palmer_(actress)
Play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
influence will keep him on a "virtuous path". The concluding line assures the audience that "even Scandal dies, if you approve." The humorous epilogue, written
The_School_for_Scandal
1849–1850 novel by Charles Dickens
both the new conquest and victim of the same predator, and has only contempt for the efforts of David to minimize the scope of his words. As virtuous as
David_Copperfield
Ruler of the Titans in Greek mythology
celebrate the harvest, suggesting that, as a result of his association with the virtuous Golden Age, Cronus continued to preside as a patron of the harvest
Cronus
Ancient Roman play by Terence
soldier as a virtuous contrast. Clinia, shamed, has taken Menedemus more literally than he intended and has gone to live as a soldier in the East. By coincidence
Heauton_Timorumenos
(and virtuous)." — Quran, Sura 12 (Yusuf), ayat 51 Renditions of this story outside the Quran have focused historically on and sought to establish the natural
Women_in_the_Quran
Stage play in the canon of John Fletcher
courtiers. The king and queen are treated with the very elaborate courtly flattery of the time, praised as "gracious and excellent," "virtuous and beautiful
Four_Plays_in_One
King of England in 1483
After breakfast, his education commenced with "virtuous learning". Dinner was served from ten in the morning, after which he was to be read "noble stories
Edward_V
1st-century BCE king of Judea
to Herod, and promised to give him the royal dignity hereafter, if he governed his part virtuously. But as for the other half, he divided it into two
Herod_the_Great
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
Fairbanks a more romantic, heroic image. Pickford continued to epitomize the virtuous but fiery girl next door. Even at private parties, people instinctively
Mary_Pickford
even became a common English calque. In the play there are only five characters: the title character, his wife Guillemette, a clothier named Guillaume
La_Farce_de_maître_Pathelin
Elizabethan drama by Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, and William Haughton
English Literature gives the following plot summary: "The marquess of Salucia, smitten with the beauty of Grissil, the virtuous daughter of a poor basket‐maker
Patient_Grissel
2022 Chinese web series
and Edo period Japan. Broadly speaking, the general citizenry were classed as either "Dastardly" or "Virtuous" based on their profession and ancestry
A_Dream_of_Splendor
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THE VIRTUOUS-WIFE-PLAY
THE VIRTUOUS-WIFE-PLAY
Boy/Male
Tamil
Knower of virtues, Talented, Excellent, Virtuous
Boy/Male
Hindu
Knower of virtues, Talented, Excellent, Virtuous
Boy/Male
Irish
Ardent or wise.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a wire drawer, from Middle English wīr ‘wire’.English : topographic name for someone who lived where bog myrtle grew, Old English wīr.English : habitational name from Wyre Forest in Hereford, Worcestershire, and Shropshire, probably named from a Celtic river name meaning ‘winding river’.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Devoted and virtuous life
Girl/Female
Tamil
Kannaki | கநà¯à®¨à®¾à®•à¯€
Devoted and virtuous life
Kannaki | கநà¯à®¨à®¾à®•à¯€
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, FIFE means "from Fife," a place said to have gotten its name from the legendary Pictish hero Fib.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Knower of virtues, Talented, Excellent, Virtuous
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Leaf.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Virtuous; Full of Virtues
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
Jewel of Virtue
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Boy/Male
Sikh
Knower of virtues, Talented, Excellent, Virtuous
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a trapper or nickname for a devious man (see Wiles, of which this is the singular form).Perhaps an Americanized spelling of Weil.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Knower of virtues, Talented, Excellent, Virtuous
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Devoted and Virtuous Wife
Boy/Male
Tamil
Knower of virtues, Talented, Excellent, Virtuous
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a wise or learned person, or in some cases a nickname for someone suspected of being acquainted with the occult arts, from Middle English wise ‘wise’ (Old English wīs). This name has also absorbed Dutch Wijs, a nickname meaning ‘wise’, and possibly cognates in other languages.Americanized form of German and Jewish Weiss ‘white’.
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