Sir George Etherege

Dawn Lewcock (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.04: English Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century, 1625-1688.
Vol. editors: Jennifer Brady (Rhodes College), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Neil Forsyth (Université de Lausanne), Claire Preston (Queen Mary, University of London), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University)

Dates

Born 1636
Died 1691
Activity 1664-1691

Places

Born in France
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Other

Letter-writer/ Diarist

Resources

Etherege's Works

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Sir George Etherege (1636-1691/2) was a dilettante writer of the second half of the seventeenth century best known now for his three plays,

The Comical Revenge, or, Love in a Tub

staged in 1664,

She Would if She Could

in 1668, and

The Man of Mode, or, Sir Fopling Flutter

in 1676. He also published light verse which suited contemporary taste, although it is little known today. Some of this was set to music by, amongst others, Henry Purcell (1658-1695). A series of verse letters to Lord Buckhurst (Charles Sackville 1638-1706) are known and many of the letters Etherege wrote from Ratisbon, where he was appointed Resident by James II in 1685, have been published and throw light on certain diplomatic concerns of the time around the accession of William and Mary in 1689.

George Etherege was

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Citation: Lewcock, Dawn. "Sir George Etherege". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 September 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1451, accessed 25 November 2024.]