Henry Purcell wrote a set of incidental music to this playwright’s Abdelazer, whose second movement later supplied the theme to Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author of an early novel whose adaptation by Thomas Southerne was partially set by Purcell. This author wrote about the courtesan Angellica in The Rover.
ANSWER: Aphra Behn
[10h] The same year he composed Abdelazer, Purcell also wrote incidental music for Bonduca, one of the many collaborations between Francis Beaumont and this playwright. This playwright also collaborated with Shakespeare on Two Noble Kinsmen.
ANSWER: John Fletcher
[10e] Purcell also set plays by Fletcher and Southerne about these people. Queen Elizabeth’s request for Falstaff to fall in love resulted in a Shakespeare play titled for “Merry” examples of these people “of Windsor.”
ANSWER: wives [accept Rule a Wife, Have a Wife or The Wives Excuse or Merry Wives of Windsor]
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