Nahum Tate

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Nahum Tate was a 17th-century Irish poet, dramatist, and translator best known for serving as Poet Laureate of England and for his adaptations of Shakespearean plays.

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Nahum Tate canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
birthName Nahum Tate ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
collaboratedWith John Dryden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish ⓘ
familyName Tate ⓘ
fieldOfWork English literature ⓘ
biblical translation ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre adaptation ⓘ
drama ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
givenName Nahum ⓘ
linked to: Nahum the Elkoshite
knownFor adaptations of Shakespearean plays ⓘ
his adaptation of King Lear with a happy ending ⓘ
serving as Poet Laureate of England ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Restoration literature ⓘ
name Nahum Tate ⓘ
nationality Irish ⓘ
notableWork Absalom and Achitophel (second part) ⓘ
Brutus of Alba ⓘ
Coriolanus (adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Coriolanus

Cuckold’s Haven ⓘ
Injured Love ⓘ
New Version of the Psalms of David ⓘ
Panacea, a Poem upon Tea ⓘ
Richard II (adaptation) ⓘ
The History of King Lear ⓘ
The Island Princess (adaptation) ⓘ
The Loyal General ⓘ
The Mourning Muse of Alexis ⓘ
The Sicilian Usurper ⓘ
occupation dramatist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfActivity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Poet Laureate of England ⓘ
Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
wroteTextFor While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night ⓘ

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Dido and Aeneas → librettist → Nahum Tate ⓘ
Nahum Tate → name → Nahum Tate ⓘ
Nahum Tate → birthName → Nahum Tate ⓘ
Dido and Aeneas (Mark Morris production) → basedOnWorkBy → Nahum Tate ⓘ
subject linked to: Dido and Aeneas
Come, Ye Sons of Art → textAuthor → Nahum Tate ⓘ
Z.626 Dido and Aeneas → librettist → Nahum Tate ⓘ