William Congreve

E166319
Restoration playwright dramatist person playwright

William Congreve was an English Restoration playwright renowned for his sharp wit and influential comedies of manners, such as "The Way of the World."

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
William Congreve canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Restoration playwright ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
associatedWith London theatre ⓘ
birthDate 1670-01-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
dateOfFirstPlayProduced 1693 ⓘ
deathDate 1729-01-19 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
educatedAt Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
firstPlay The Old Bachelor ⓘ
genre comedy of manners ⓘ
hasCharacter Angelica ⓘ
Fainall ⓘ
Millamant ⓘ
Mirabell ⓘ
Valentine ⓘ
heldPosition Commissioner for licensing hackney coaches ⓘ
Commissioner of wine licences ⓘ
influenced English comedy of manners ⓘ
influencedBy Molière ⓘ
Restoration dramatists ⓘ
knownFor comedies of manners ⓘ
sharp wit ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryStyle satirical dialogue ⓘ
social comedy ⓘ
movement Restoration comedy ⓘ
name William Congreve self-link ⓘ
notableWork Love for Love ⓘ
The Double Dealer ⓘ
The Mourning Bride ⓘ
The Old Bachelor ⓘ
The Way of the World (stage) ⓘ
surface form: The Way of the World
occupation playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
patron Earl of Dorset ⓘ
surface form: 4th Earl of Dorset
wrote Love for Love ⓘ
The Double Dealer ⓘ
The Mourning Bride ⓘ
The Old Bachelor ⓘ
The Way of the World (stage) ⓘ
surface form: The Way of the World

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Scriblerus Club → hasMember → William Congreve ⓘ
Restoration theatre → notablePlaywright → William Congreve ⓘ
Kilkenny College → notableAlumnus → William Congreve ⓘ
William Congreve → name → William Congreve self-link ⓘ
The Way of the World (stage) → basedOnWorkAuthor → William Congreve ⓘ
Sir William Congreve → name → William Congreve ⓘ