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) though the published version was released by the editor as the mistyped "Homosexuality as an Aberration." The resulting recriminations put Charles's entire career at risk and threaten to end his practice permanently. "The Penitent" opened for its first previews off-Broadway on February 8, 2017 with its premiere planned to take place at the end of February at the Atlantic Theater Company in downtown New York. The play follows Mamet's previous play titled "China Doll" which, though making a profit for its producers, closed on Broadway in early 2016 without fanfare. "The Penitent" was directed by artistic director Neil Pepe at