Congreve

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At times they call to mind one of Congreve’s or Sheridan’s comedies of manners.

From New York Times

Any woman of a certain age in anything by Shakespeare, Dickens, Congreve, Dryden or Sheridan.

From New York Times

Also playing to her comedic strengths was the role of Lady Wishfort in “The Way of the World,” a comedy of manners by the 18th-century British dramatist William Congreve.

From Washington Post

Music is often thought of as inherently good, a view exemplified in the playwright Wilhelm Congreve's oft-cited aphorism "music hath charms to soothe a savage breast."

From Salon

As William Congreve wrote in a poem in 1697, “Music has charms to soothe a savage breast.”

From New York Times