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Etherege, George

(1634?-1691) British writer. George Etherege was a comical English dramatist and the first important figure in Restoration comedy. His witty "Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub" (1664) and "She Wou'd If She Cou'd" (1668) set the tone for the period.
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Etherege's Man of Mode

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