Etherege

Etherege, Sir George (1636-1694), was a dramatist and wit of Charles II.'s reign. He was educated at Cambridge, and entered at an inn of court, after which he travelled in France and Flanders, and then devoted himself to literature, and became known as a writer of comedies. His three known comedies are The Comical Revenge: or. Love in a Tub (1664), She Would if She Could (1668), and The Man of Mode (1676). James II. knighted him, and he was appointed envoy to Ratisbon. He is thought to have accompanied the king to France after the Revolution, and to have died there, but the exact year of his death is unknown. There are some letters, poems, and papers of his in the British Museum, and an edition of his works was published in 1888.