John Vanbrugh

Sir John Vanbrugh (January 24, 1664? – March 26, 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restoration comedies, The Relapse (1696) and The Provoked Wife (1697), which have become enduring stage favourites but originally occasioned much controversy.

External links

• The Vanbrugh articles in Encyclopædia Britannica and Dictionary of National Biography are available by subscription only. See also the caution in Early life, above, about the basis of both these articles in traditional rather than scholarly sources.
• Vanbrugh, The Provoked Wife. Use with caution, this is an abridged and bowdlerised text.
• Colley Cibber, Apology, vol. 1
• Colley Cibber, Apology, vol. 2
• Castle Howard
• Blenheim Palace
• Seaton Delaval Hall