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Theatre History!!!

code Willaim Wycherley 1641-1716 He was educated in France. Whilst living in the house of the duke of Montausier he changed his religious views form puritan to catholic. Once he returned to England well educated by law studies in France, he soon became a popular and well known face in the gay and profligate society. His first comedic play, love in the wood did not actually reach the stage until he was around the age of 32. He had to very well known and popular plays, ‘the country wife’ which was performed in 1675 and ‘the plain dealer’ which was acted in 1677. In 1704 he realised a series of Miscellany poems which caught the attention of the Pope, the pope and William later became friends. Later on the pope started to revise and edit many of Williams’s writings.- livvy

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