William Wycherley

Analysis of William Congreve’s Plays

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on May 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

William Congreve’s (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) first play, The Old Bachelor, was an instant success; its initial run of fourteen days made it the most popular play since Thomas Otway’s Venice Preserved (pr., pb. 1682). The Double-Dealer… Read More ›

Analysis of William Wycherley’s Plays

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on May 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

William Wycherley’s (8 April 1641 – 1 January 1716) dramatic canon consists of only four plays, and his stature in English letters depends almost entirely on a single work, The Country Wife. In his own day, The Plain-Dealer was his… Read More ›