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Wycherley

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Wych·er·ley  (wchr-l), William 1640?-1716.
English comic playwright and satirist whose plays include The Country Wife (1675) and The Plain Dealer (1676).
Wycherley [ˈwɪtʃəlɪ]
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(Biographies / Wycherley, William (?1640-1716) M, English, THEATRE: dramatist) William. ?1640-1716, English dramatist. His Restoration comedies include The Country Wife (1675) and The Plain Dealer (1676)
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Noun1.WycherleyWycherley - English playwright noted for his humorous and satirical plays (1640-1716)
William Wycherley


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This poet was named Wycherley, but by the time that Pope came to know him Wycherley had grown old and feeble, all his best work was done, and people were perhaps beginning to forget him.
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In comedy, during the first part of the period, stand Sir George Etherege and William Wycherley.
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