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
Hansford Rowe of resistance leader Mike Donovan. He reprised his role in the 1984 sequel "V: The Final Battle". Rowe has made guest appearances on TV shows, including "Love, Sidney", "L.A. Law", "The Greatest American Hero", "Six Feet Under", "Night Court" and "Will & Grace". He played President Harry S. Truman in "Dark Skies". Rowe's film roles include "Gordon's War" (1973), "Missing" (1982), "Baby Boom" (1987), and "Dry Cycle" (2003). In 1980, Rowe appeared on Broadway in "Nuts", for which he was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. On September 5, 2017, Rowe died in