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The Comedies of William Congreve: The Old Batchelour, Love for Love, The Double Dealer, The Way of the World

By William Congreve, Anthony G. Henderson (Editor)
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By William Congreve, Anthony G. Henderson (Editor)
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The career of William Congreve as comic dramatist was brief but highly successful. From the beginning he showed a useful knack for cultivating influential literary friends and for giving audiences what they were sure to like. Early in 1693, his first comedy, The Old Batchelour, pleased the public at Drury Lane, and critics hailed the appearance of a new talent in the theatre who gave a sharp edge to the theatrical conventions at the time. Much was expected of Congreve's second offering, The...

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LiteratureDramaGeneral & Miscellaneous DramaEnglish DramaComedy - DramaEnglish drama (Comedy)English drama->Restoration, 1660-1700