William Congreve

The Mourning Bride William Congreve

The Mourning Bride, by William Congreve was first premiered in 1697 and originally published 1703. The work is one of Congreve's best known plays, famous for the origins of the phrase that became "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". The play centres 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.