His comedies including Friendship and Passion and The Atheist were performed less often than more serious works.
His comedies including Friendship and Passion and The Atheist were performed less often than more serious works. After a failed attempt as an actor in Aphra Behn's troupe of traveling players, he enlisted in the army, serving in Holland. In one of his plays, twin sons fight over the hand of Castalio's wife. In another, the whore Aquilina bawdily chastises the senator Antonio, that work also features Belvidera's famous mad scene. [*] He adapted the works of Moliere to create the Cheats of Scapin and looked to Racine for inspiration in Titus Berenice.  Other tragedies include Alcibiades and a Don Carlos in blank verse; but he is most famous for the story of the Conspirator Jaffeir. FTP Identify this playwright of The Orphan and Venice Preserv'd.
His comedies including Friendship and Passion and The Atheist were performed less often than more serious works.
Thomas {Otway}