Congreve

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Any woman of a certain age in anything by Shakespeare, Dickens, Congreve, Dryden or Sheridan.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2021

Economist Emma Congreve, from the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, said: "The pandemic has exposed a number of underlying inequalities in the labour market."

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2021

The Way of the World, written and directed by Theresa Rebeck, adapted from the play by William Congreve.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2018

The quote about Alexander the Great that they use in Die Hard is actually bastardised from dramatist William Congreve.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2017

Not less successful on the stage than the plays of Banks and Southerne was the single tragedy of Congreve.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.