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The English dramatist William Congreve (1670-1729) was the most brilliant of the writers of the Restoration comedy of manners. He possessed the wit and charm of the heroes of his plays and was universally admired by his contemporaries. The Restoration co...

William Congreve is, by common consent, the greatest writer of comedies in the late seventeenth century. The Way of the World (1700), above all, has come to represent the standard against which all other comedies of the period have to be measured, the cr...

William Congreve is, by common consent, the greatest writer of comedies in the late seventeenth century. The Way of the World, above all, has come to represent the standard against which all other comedies of the period have to be measured, the crowning...

The Way of the World by William Congreve Born in 1670 in England but reared and educated in Ireland, William Congreve became a popular figure in the London literary circle of the late 1680s. After publishing a work of prose fiction, Incognita (1692),...

The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1708 in the theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, England. It is widely regarded as being one of the best Restoration comedies written and is still performed...

The way of the world COLLAPSE: HOW SOCIETIES CHOOSE TO FAIL OR SURVIVE by Jared Diamond Allen Lane/ Penguin, £20, pp. 575, ISBN 0713992867X £18 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 This book stands in an ancient intellectual tradition. Its theme dates back...

The Way the World Is THERE WAS a time, not yet entirely over, when high rank in the Church assured built-in credibility for one's utterances well outside Church matters. For some time now scientists have been enjoying the same dubious status. It...

"Fierce People" is based on a forced premise: the idea that a family of super-rich New Jersey eccentrics is like a tribe to be studied anthropologically.None of the characters resembles any creature you'd discover in nature, however.Griffin Dunne, directing from a script by Dirk Wittenborn...

Brad Penny finished his two-inning stint, then took off on the dead run. The All-Star ace cut across the field at Dodgertown, darted behind the right-field fence and ducked into the clubhouse.Almost out of sight, too, is one of the great spring training traditions: pitchers...

Examines Congreve's "The Way of the World", arguing against the theory that the character of Millamant is an example of a modern woman.