George Etherege

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George Etherege was a prominent 17th-century English dramatist best known for his witty comedies of manners that helped define Restoration drama.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English dramatist
Restoration dramatist
person
playwright
activeInPeriod 17th century
contemporaryOf Aphra Behn NERFINISHED
John Dryden NERFINISHED
William Wycherley NERFINISHED
contributedTo definition of Restoration drama
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth c. 1636
dateOfDeath c. 1691
educatedAt Cambridge University (probable, historically suggested) NERFINISHED
familyName Etherege NERFINISHED
genre comedy
comedy of manners
givenName George NERFINISHED
hasSubject fashionable London society
manners of the English upper class
influenced development of Restoration comedy
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryPeriod Restoration literature
movement Restoration comedy
comedy of manners
name George Etherege NERFINISHED
notableWork She Would If She Could NERFINISHED
The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub NERFINISHED
The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter NERFINISHED
occupation diplomat
dramatist
playwright
partOf English Restoration theatre NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth England
placeOfDeath Paris
positionHeld English envoy to the Elector of Saxony at Ratisbon
residence London, England
surface form: London

Paris
Ratisbon (Regensburg) NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spelledAs George Etheredge NERFINISHED
George Etherege NERFINISHED
style satirical portrayal of manners
witty dialogue
workPublished She Would If She Could (1668) NERFINISHED
The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub (1664) NERFINISHED
The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter (1676) NERFINISHED

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Restoration theatre notablePlaywright George Etherege
Court of Charles II of England hasMember George Etherege