[222] Oroonoko; The Fatal Marriage.
[223] The Mourning Bride.
[224] The Fair Penitent; Jane Shore.
[225] A notable influence was exercised upon English comedy as well as upon other branches of literature by C. de Saint-Evremond, a soldier and man of fashion who was possessed of great intellectual ability and of a charming style. Though during his long exile in England—from 1670 to his death—he never learned English, his critical works included Remarks on English Comedy (1677), and one of his own comedies, the celebrated Sir Politick Would-be, professed to be composed “à la manière angloise.”
[226] Epsom Wells; The Squire of Alsatia; The Volunteers.
[227] A dramatic curiosity of a rare kind would be The Female Rebellion (1682), which has been, on evidence rather striking at first sight, attributed to Sir Thomas Browne. It is more likely to have been by his son.
[228] The Country Wife; The Plain-Dealer.
[229] The Double Dealer.
[230] The Recruiting Officer; The Beaux’ Stratagem.
[231] A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage.