Congreve, William

Born: 1670 AD
Died: 1729 AD, at 59 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None

English dramatist

wrote plays "The Old Bachelor" 1693, "Love for Love" 1695, "The Mourning Bride" 1697, "The Way of the World" 1700

Page last updated: 1:07pm, 25^th Jul '06

"Heav'n hath no rage like love to hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd."
"Every man plays the fool once in his lif marry is playing the fool all one's life, but to marry is to playing the fool all one's life long."
"No mask like open truth to cover lies,As to go naked is the best disguise."
"Dustin Farnum:"I've never been better! In the last act yesterday, I had the audience glued to their seats."Oliver Herford:"How clever of you to think of it."O, she is the antidote to desire."
"Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive."

	The Way of the World (Dover Thrift Editions) by William Congreve (Paperback - Jan 31, 1994) One of the greatest of all Restoration comedies, this knowing comedy of manners depicts the scheming of a nest of shallow, deceitful aristocrats to prevent two lovers from marrying. The play abounds... Usually ships in 24 hours
	The Way of the World and Other Plays (Penguin Classics) by William Congreve (Paperback - Aug 29, 2006) The wittiest of a renowned playwrights masterful comediesA master of the comedy of manners, William Congreve was the most elegant of the Restoration dramatists. With piercing accuracy, he depicted... Usually ships in 24 hours
	Complete Works, Set by William Congreve (Library Binding - Aug 30, 1992)
	Congreve: Incognita, and the Way of the World (The English Library) by William Congreve (Paperback - Jun 30, 1970)
	William Congreve's Way of the world;: A comedy in five acts, (Big blue book) by William Congreve (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008)
	A Concordance to the Plays of William Congreve (The Cornell Concordances) by David D. Mann (Hardcover - Jun 30, 1973)