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
Fair Play, Missouri Play R-II School District operates one elementary school and Fair Play High School. Fair Play has a public library, a branch of the Polk County Library. Fair Play, Missouri Fair Play is a city in Polk County, Missouri, United States. The population was 475 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The first post office in Fair Play was established in 1852. The founder wished to call it Oakland, but because that name was already assigned to another community, he declared "We'll just call it Fair Play". Fair Play is located in East