The Double Dealer

by William Congreve

THE DOUBLE-DEALER
A COMEDY

Interdum tamen et vocem Comœdia tollit. —Hor. Ar. Po.

Huic equidem consilio palmam do: hic me magnifice
effero, qui vim tantam in me et potestatem habeam
tantæ astutiæ, vera dicendo ut eos ambos fallam.

SYR. in TERENT. Heaut.

Contents

• Preface directed to Charles Montague
• Poem, by John Dryden
• Prologue, spoken by Anne Bracegirdle
• Dramatis Personæ

The Double Dealer

• Act I
• Act II
• Act III
• Act IV
• Act V

• Epilogue, spoken by Mrs. Mountford