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Lifetime: 1628 - 1687 Passed: ≈ 337 years ago

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George Villiers

Books by George Villiers

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Rehearsal

Satire Comedy Drama
Drama Tragedy Comedy Satire Parody Restoration Mockery Criticism Theater Metafiction Playwriting Dryden

The Rehearsal is a metafictional comedy by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, that satirizes the bombastic and overblown tragedies popular during the Restoration period in England. The play follows the efforts of three men, Bayes, Johnson, and Smit...