William Congreve
English playwright and poet
William Congreve was an English playwright, poet and Whig politician. His works, which form an important component of Restoration literature, were known for their use of satire and the comedy of manners genre. Wikipedia
Born: January 24, 1670, Bardsey, United Kingdom
Died: January 19, 1729 (age 58 years), London, United Kingdom
Education: Trinity College Dublin and Kilkenny College
Edited works: The Dramatick Works of John Dryden, Esq. in Six Volumes: Volume the fourth. Containing The State of innocence, and the Fall of Man. Aureng-Zebe: or, The Great Mogul. All for love: or, The world well lost. Limberham: or, The kind keeper. Oedipus, The Dramatick Works of John Dryden, Esq. in Six Volumes: Volume the fifth. Containing, Troilus and Cressida: or, Truth found too late. The Spanish fryar: or, The double discovery. The Duke of Guise. Vindication of the Duke of Guise. Albion and Albianus, The Dramatick Works of John Dryden, Esq: Almanzor and Almahide: or, The conquest of Granada. Marriage a-la-mode. The assignation: or, Love in a nunnery. Amboyna: or, The cruelties of the Dutch to the English merchants, and more
Libretti: Semele and El juicio de Paris
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