Nicholas Rowe (writer) many years regularly acted on the anniversary of William's landing at Torbay. In Dublin in 1712, at a time when political passions were running high, the performance provoked a serious riot. "The Fair Penitent" (1703), an adaptation of Massinger and Field's "The Fatal Dowry", was pronounced by Samuel Johnson as one of the most pleasing tragedies ever written in English. It featured the character of Lothario from "The Impertinent Curious Man", a story within a story in Miguel de Cervantes' 1605 novel "Don Quixote". As a result of this play, the name became synonymous with a rake (womaniser). Calista is
Gravity the Seducer always be judged against". "Spin" magazine's Barry Walters remarked that the album "lacks the infectious, dark-disco rumble" of Ladytron's earlier work, noting that it "withhold[s] the hooks that previously put the sweet in their bitter". John Calvert of "Drowned in Sound" characterised the album as "slightly bland" and "nondescript in its understated sophistication", concluding that ""Gravity the Seducer" never manages to get under your skin the way the band intended". In the band's home country, the United Kingdom, "Gravity the Seducer" peaked at number 72 on the UK Albums Chart, spending one week on the chart. It became the band's