Osmond/Grimbald
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According to Curtis Price, in Dryden's opera Osmond/Grimbald represents the Earl of Shaftesbury. The opera was probably an allegory of the Exclusion crisis, a major political dispute over who would succeed Charles II. Dryden was a convinced Tory.
When
- First attested
- 1684 CE
- Attested period
- 1684 – 1685
- Historical notes
- Opera by John Dryden and Henry Purcell.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Philidel, Emmeline, King Arthur
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Oswald is the Duke of Monmouth and Osmond/Grimbald is the Earl of Shaftesbury.”
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