Nicholas Rowe (writer) said to have suggested to Samuel Richardson the character of Clarissa Harlowe, as Lothario suggested Lovelace. Samuel Johnson noted of "The Fair Penitent" that, "The story is domestic, and therefore easily received by the imagination, and assimilated to common life; the diction is exquisitely harmonious, and soft or spritely as occasion requires." In 1704, Rowe tried his hand at comedy, producing "The Biter" at Lincoln's Inn Fields, which was unsuccessful, and Rowe returned to tragedy in "Ulysses" (1706). According to Johnson, this play was to share the fate of many such plays based on mythological heroes, as, "We have been
The Penitent (play) the Atlantic Theater Company. February 27, 2017 marks the opening of the play in its limited run scheduled to end on March 19, 2017 at the Linda Gross Theater in New York. The play, while in previews for most of February 2017, received no reviews leading to its opening at the end of February. The Penitent (play) The Penitent is a play by David Mamet that previewed off-Broadway starting on February 8, 2017 for its premiere in late February. The play deals with issues of threats to professional career advancement and the LGBT community. The play was directed by artistic