William Wycherley
English poet and playwright. Born Clive, Shropshire 1640(?). Died London, 1 Januiary, 1716.
Stage Works
All were first performed in LondonI.
- Love in a Wood
or St. James's Park. Comedy, 5 acts. Published
1672 (Stationers' Register, Ocl. 6, 1671) Produced Theatre
Royal in Bridges Street, ca. March, 1671
- The Gentleman
Dancing-Master. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1673
(Stationers' Register, Sept. 18, 1672). Produced Dorset Garden
Theatre, ca. August, 1672.
- The Country Wife.
Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1675. (Stationers' Register, Jan. 13,
1675) Produced Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, January, 1675
- The Plain Dealer. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1677. Produced Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Dec. 11, 1676 Adapted from Molière's Le Misanthrope