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Congreve

[ kon-greev, kong- ]

noun

  1. William, 1670–1729, English dramatist.
  2. Sir William, 1772–1828, English engineer and inventor.


Congreve

/ ˈkɒŋɡriːv /

noun

  1. CongreveWilliam16701729MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatist William. 1670–1729, English dramatist, a major exponent of Restoration comedy; author of Love for Love (1695) and The Way of the World (1700)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"We turn them up and we measure them, they're dead pretty quickly," says Mr Congreve.

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

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

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.

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."

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