5-528: Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803–1868) was a humorist and satirist in the tradition of Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope . One of the most prolific British playwrights of the mid-nineteenth century, he wrote more than sixty plays; his twenty-seven farces are surpassed in number only by John Maddison Morton 's ninety-one and T. J. Williams 's thirty. Coyne brought to the stage accomplished comedic interchanges, puns, irony, exaggerated character traits, ludicrous plot situations, and surprising outcomes. His plays reveal
10-544: A deft ear for dialogue and an ability to create characters suited to the talents of specific actors. As a journalist Coyne contributed humorous pieces to many widely circulated journals and newspapers. Coyne was born in 1803 to Denis Coyne, a port worker, and Bridget Coyne, née Cosgrave, in Birr , County Offaly , Ireland. After attending the Royal School Dungannon , he began studying law but decided to pursue
15-510: A literary career after some of his articles appeared in local publications. His first farce, The Phrenologist , appeared at The Theatre Royal in Dublin in June 1835 and was revived two years later at what later became The Abbey Theatre . Joseph Stirling Coyne's everyday characters and realistic situations and language appealed to working-class theatergoers, and his plays enjoyed long runs during
20-470: The middle decades of the nineteenth century, when staged. Coyne is remembered for his humor and puns and for his satire of Victorian social and artistic conventions. His work is a significant link between the stylized French and English comedies of the eighteenth century and the witty, intellectual plays of Wilde and George Bernard Shaw . Coyne died in 1868 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery . Irish-American writer Coyne Fletcher
25-439: Was his cousin. Satirist This is an incomplete list of writers, cartoonists and others known for involvement in satire – humorous social criticism . They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires. In alphabetical order (many birth dates not known): In modern culture, much satire is often the work of several individuals collectively, as in magazines and television. Hence
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