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<p> Dramatist, born in Shropshire, of good birth, and resided for a time in Paris, being admitted to the circle of the Précieuses, but returned to [[England]] at the Restoration, and became a figure at the court; his plays were marked with the coarseness of the time, and his best were "The [[Country]] Wife" and the "Plain Dealer"; married the Countess of [[Drogheda]] for her fortune, a legacy which cost him only lawsuits and imprisonment for debt; succeeded to his paternal estate when he was an old man; married again, and died immediately after (1640-1715). </p> | <p> Dramatist, born in Shropshire, of good birth, and resided for a time in Paris, being admitted to the circle of the Précieuses, but returned to [[England]] at the Restoration, and became a figure at the court; his plays were marked with the coarseness of the time, and his best were "The [[Country]] Wife" and the "Plain Dealer"; married the Countess of [[Drogheda]] for her fortune, a legacy which cost him only lawsuits and imprisonment for debt; succeeded to his paternal estate when he was an old man; married again, and died immediately after (1640-1715). </p> | ||
Latest revision as of 19:09, 15 October 2021
William Wycherley [1]
Dramatist, born in Shropshire, of good birth, and resided for a time in Paris, being admitted to the circle of the Précieuses, but returned to England at the Restoration, and became a figure at the court; his plays were marked with the coarseness of the time, and his best were "The Country Wife" and the "Plain Dealer"; married the Countess of Drogheda for her fortune, a legacy which cost him only lawsuits and imprisonment for debt; succeeded to his paternal estate when he was an old man; married again, and died immediately after (1640-1715).
