The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets/William Wycherley
William Wycherley.
A Shropshire Gentleman, who has excell’d all Writers in all Languages, in Comedy, and most of the Poets of the present Age in generous Dealing with those he owns his Friends, he has writ Four Plays,
The Country Wife, a Comedy, 4 to. 1683. acted at the Theatre Royal. This Play from the beginning has been frequently acted with great Applause.
The Gentleman Dancing-Master, a Comedy, 4 to. 1673. acted at the Duke’s Theatre.
Love in a Wood; or, St. James’s Park; a Comedy, 4 to. 1672. acted at the Theatre Royal, by his Majesty’s Servants; and dedicated to the Dutchess of Cleveland.
The Plain Dealer, a Comedy, 4 to. 1678. acted at the Theatre Royal, by his Majesty’s Servants. This is accounted the most excellent of all his Comedies, of which and the Author, Mr. Dryden and Mr. Evelyn gives a large Encomium. Some of the Characters are in Molliere’s Le Misanthrope, and Scarron’s City Romance, 8 vo.