Uploaded September 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's a virtual movie of a Poem "The Mourning Bride" taken from the play by the English Playright and poet William Congreve. This most poetic of plays is the source of great quotes often used today the most popular probably being "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned." which is used in this exquisite reading of two parts from the longer work.
There are two very widely known quotations in the play; from the opening to the play:
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast
The word "breast" is often misquoted as "beast" and "has" sometimes appears as "hath".
Also often repeated is a quotation of Zara in Act III, Scene VIII:
Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned.
This is usually paraphrased as "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
The Mourning Bride is a tragedy written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1697 at Betterton's Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields. The play centers on Zara, a queen held captive by Manuel, King of Granada, and a web of love and deception which results in the mistaken murder of Manuel who is in disguise, and Zara's also mistaken suicide in response.
William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet.
Kind Regards
Jim Clark
All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2015
Here's a virtual movie of a Poem "The Mourning Bride" taken from the play by the English Playright and poet William Congreve. This most poetic of plays is the source of great quotes often used today the most popular probably being "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned." which is used in this exquisite reading of two parts from the longer work.
There are two very widely known quotations in the play; from the opening to the play:
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast
The word "breast" is often misquoted as "beast" and "has" sometimes appears as "hath".
Also often repeated is a quotation of Zara in Act III, Scene VIII:
Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned.
This is usually paraphrased as "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
The Mourning Bride is a tragedy written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1697 at Betterton's Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields. The play centers on Zara, a queen held captive by Manuel, King of Granada, and a web of love and deception which results in the mistaken murder of Manuel who is in disguise, and Zara's also mistaken suicide in response.
William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet.
Kind Regards
Jim Clark
All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2015
