George Etherege

Sir George Etherege
Bornc. 1636
Probably Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Diedc. 1691
Paris,[1] France
OccupationPlaywright, poet
Literary movementEnglish Restoration Comedy
Spouse
Mary Arnold[2]
(m. 1676⁠–⁠1690)
Relatives
  • George Etherege (grandfather)
  • George Etherege (father)
  • Mary Etherege, née Powney (mother)[3]

Sir George Etherege (c. 1636 – c. 10 May 1692) was an English dramatist. He wrote the plays The Comical Revenge or, Love in a Tub in 1664, She Would If She Could in 1668, and The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter in 1676.[4]

  1. ^ "Sir George Etherege (British dramatist) - Encyclopædia Britannica". Britannica.com. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ^ A widow whom Etherege is rumoured to have married for her money. (The Dramatic Works of Sir George Etherege, ed. H. F. B. Brett-Smith, 2 vols (1927)).
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  4. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainGosse, Edmund (1911). "Etheredge, Sir George". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 807.