ETHEREDGE, SIR GEORGE

ETHEREDGE, SIR GEORGE
   the originator of the kind of comedy "containing a vein of lively humour and witty dialogue which were afterwards displayed by Congreve and Farquhar"; has been called the "founder of the comedy of intrigue"; he was the author of three clever plays, entitled "Love in a Tub," "She Would if She Could," and "Sir Fopling Flutter" (1636-1694).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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