Cyril Tourneur

Cyril Tourneur was a diplomat, soldier, writer and playwright (1575–1626). He was born at Kinsale.

Cyril Tourneur in brief

Born
1575
Died
1626
Known for
diplomat, soldier, writer and playwright
Place of birth
Kinsale
Contents

Catalogued works

41 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1600 to 1978.

The Atheist's Tragedy. Three elegies on the most lamented death of Prince Henrie. Three Jacobean Tragedies ( The Changeling / The Revenger's Tragedy / The White Devil ). Tragödie der Rächer. Wrraaak! Webster And Tourneur. A griefe on the death of Prince Henrie. A monumental columne, erected to the liuing memory of the euer-glorious Henry, late Prince of Wales. . . Un mois a la campagne. Three revenge tragedies. Best plays of Webster and Tourneur. White lies. The revenger's tragedy, dated 1934. The atheist's tragedy, or, The honest man's revenge. The white devil. Plays, dated 1830. The plays and poems of Cyril Tourneur, dated 1878. The plays and poems of Cyril Tournour, dated 1972. The atheist's tragedy, 1611, dated 1969. Laugh and lie dovvne: or, The worldes folly, dated 1605. Four plays, dated 1966. The revengers tragaedie, dated 1607. The atheist's tragedie: or The honest man's reuenge, dated 1611. La tragédie du vengeur, dated 1958. The works of Cyril Tourneur, dated 1929. The revenger's tragedy / Cyril Tourneur ; edited by Lawrence J. Ross, dated 1967. The atheist's tragedy; or, The honest man's revenge, dated 1964. Laugh and lie downe, dated 1605. The plays and poems, dated 1878. The atheist's tragedie, or, The honest man's revenge, dated 1611. The transformed metamorphosis. By Cyril Turner, dated 1600. The atheist's tragedie, or, The honest man's reuenge. The reuengers tragaedie. The plays of Cyril Tourneur, dated 1978. The atheists tragedy or, the honest man's revenge. Written by Cyril Tourneur., dated 1794, held by Wellcome Collection. The atheists tragedy; or, The honest man's revenge . Written by Cyril Tourneur., dated [1794], held by Wellcome Collection. An index to the figurative language of Cyril Tourneur's tragedies / [Louis Charles Stagg]., dated 1970, held by Wellcome Collection. A griefe on the death of Prince Henrie : Expressed in a broken elegie, according to the nature of such a sorrow. By Cyril Tourneur., dated 1613, held by Wellcome Collection. Three elegies on the most lamented death of Prince Henrie, the first written by Cyril Tourneur. The second [written by] Iohn Webster. The third [written by] Tho: Heywood., dated 1613, held by Wellcome Collection. A funerall poeme. Vpon the death of the most vvorthie and true souldier; Sir Francis Vere, Knight. Captaine of Portsmouth, &c. L. Gouernour of his Maiesties cautionarie towne of Briell in Holland, &c., dated 1609, held by Wellcome Collection. Wraeck-gierigers treur-spel [door Theodorus Rodenburgh], dated 1634, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

V. Conclusions on Cyril Tourneur, A Study of Cyril Tourneur, 1964. Tourneur, Cyril (d. 1626), writer and soldier, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Tourneur, Turnour, or Turner, Cyril (1575?–1626), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Cyril Tourneur : déictique et/ou didascalie, écriture d’un décor virtuel, Revue LISA, 2008. La Tragédie de l’athée de Cyril Tourneur : une vanité dramatique ?, Etudes Epistémè, 2012. Motif of Justice in The Revenger’s Tragedy A Close Study of Revenge and Justice in Cyril Tourneur’s The Revenger’s Tragedy, Teaching English Language, 2007.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

The Revenger's Tragedy (1967) — Internet Archive. Webster (1956) — Internet Archive. The atheist's tragedy; or, The honest man's revenge (The Revels plays) (1964) — Internet Archive. Webster and Tourneur (1888) — Internet Archive. Webster & Tourneur — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1575Cyril Tourneur born at Kinsale.
  2. 1626Cyril Tourneur died at Kinsale.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for Cyril Tourneur (Internet Archive), 48 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    Tourneur, Cyril (d. 1626), writer and soldier, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Tourneur, Turnour, or Turner, Cyril (1575?–1626), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    V. Conclusions on Cyril Tourneur, A Study of Cyril Tourneur, 1964

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 3 articles naming Cyril Tourneur.

    open access index · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 4 digitised items catalogued under Cyril Tourneur as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Project Gutenberg holds 1 full text attributed to Cyril Tourneur.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 8 works naming Cyril Tourneur.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1148705: Cyril Tourneur

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Cyril Tourneur”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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