Who is Sir George Etherege
Sir George Etherege (c. 1636, Maidenhead, Berkshire – c. 10 May 1692, Paris) was an English dramatist. He wrote the plays The Comical Revenge or, Love in a Tub in 1664, She Would If She Could in 1668, and The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter in 1676.Biography
Early life
George Etherege was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, in about 1636, to George Etherege and Mary Powney, as the eldest of their six children. Educated at Lord Williams's School, where a school building was later named after him, he was rumoured to have attended the University of Cambridge, although John Dennis states that to his certain knowledge Etherege understood neither Greek nor Latin, thus raising doubts that he could have been there.Etherege served as an apprentice to a law...
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Sir George Etherege Poems
- To A Lady Asking Him How Long He Would Love Her
It is not, Celia, in our power
To say how long our love will last;
It may be we within this hour
May lose those joys we now do taste;... - Song
Ladies, though to your conquering eyes
Love owes his chiefest victories,
And borrows those bright arms from you
With which he does the world subdue,...
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Nekomatapoetry: sir george etherege, william wycherley, and william congreve, not to mention his predecessors in english drama.Schooldepotcouk: etherege, sir george
Ladder_to_nower: ask not how long our love will last; but while it does, let us take care each minute be with pleasure past. were it not madness to deny to live because we're sure to die? ― sir george etherege to a lady asking him how long he would love her~
Scott_bot: who would you rather see performing the role of sir fopling flutter in the 1676 dramatic satire "the man of mode" by george etherege?
Sblairreid: the man of mode, by george etherege directed by margot dionne sir james dunn theatre
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