Congreve

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As Dr Congreve says, "There's still room to grow" - and glow, presumably.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

The Restoration saw Britain’s first-ever professional actresses, and both Otway and Congreve helped them shine.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2019

“It’s got that same kind of cruelty,” says Rebeck, who looked at an obscure 17th-century suggestion Rickman made before settling on the Congreve staple.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2018

Also on hand is a model of a British Congreve rocket used in the assault.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2012

Of Restoration tragedies, Banks's "Unhappy Favorite" and Lee's "Rival Queens" were perhaps the most popular, and other plays of Banks, Lee, Otway, Dryden, Congreve, and Southerne were acted yearly.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.