William Congreve

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The Double Dealer review – sly schemers, randy wives and foolish cuckolds
Selina Cadell stages an enterprising production of Congreve’s convoluted restoration comedy

Michael Billington

12, Dec, 2018 @10:00 PM

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The week in theatre: The Way of the World; The Country Wife; Plastic – review
Two biting Restoration dramas conjure contemporary echoes, and a boy with a ‘face like a fist’ reacts with fury to school bullies

Susannah Clapp

15, Apr, 2018 @7:00 AM

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The Way of the World review – sparkling restoration of Congreve's comic gem
James Macdonald’s revival offers clarity and hilarity, with Haydn Gwynne on brilliant form as an amorous widow

Michael Billington

06, Apr, 2018 @11:10 AM

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English literature's 50 key moments from Marlowe to JK Rowling
What have been the hinge points in the evolution of Anglo-American literature? Here's a provisional, partisan list

Robert McCrum

04, Feb, 2013 @12:30 PM

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The Way of the World – review
Rachel Kavanaugh's bold, period-set production of Congreve's comic classic The Way of the World delivers Hobbes with knobs on, writes Michael Billington

Michael Billington

23, Apr, 2012 @4:50 PM

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This week's new theatre & dance

Waiting For Godot | The Recruiting Officer | Snookered | The Rodin Project | Your Last Breath | The Bomb – A Partial History In Two Parts | The Way Of The World | At Swim Two Boys

Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook & Judith Mackrell

04, Feb, 2012 @12:06 AM

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Theatre review: The Way of the World / Royal and Derngate, Northampton

This buoyant production proves Restoration comedy can be accessible, says Michael Billington.

Michael Billington

04, May, 2007 @9:26 AM

Rereadings: Peter Ackroyd on William Congreve

Peter Ackroyd unearths a 'perfect' first novel by the young William Congreve, a drama of elaborate deceit and discovery

Peter Ackroyd

25, Oct, 2003 @12:06 AM

Just enough tomfoolery

The Way of the World
The Royal Exchange, Manchester
Rating: ***

James Hopkin

25, Apr, 2000 @11:00 PM

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