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Select Society, the, an association of educated Scotsmen formed in 1754, whose members met in Edinburgh to discuss philosophical questions.
Hume and W.
Robertson were among its prominent members.
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The Libertine.(Movie Review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 11/14/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Charles II John Malkovich Elizabeth Malet Rosamund Pike Sir George Etherege Tom Hollander Charles Sackville Johnny Vegas Jane...set, including waspish, wannabe playwright Sir George Etherege (Tom Hollander) and professional man of jest and...
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THE WORLD OF PAPERBACKS.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 8/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...new titles from PAN BOOKS we have Sir Max Hasting's Armageddon: The...Thomas Shadwell's The Libertine, Sir George Etherege's The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling...there is a paperback edition of George Rosie's Curious Scotland: Tales...
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The content of form.(fashion; In Defense of Elegance)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/28/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...the French, the mode. Consider Sir George Etherege's 1676 comedy The Man of Mode, featuring the ridiculous Sir Fopling Flutter, based on an actual fop, Beau Hewitt. Sir Fopling is ''the prince of fops...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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First, a poet; Literary biography; The libertine Lord Rochester.(Books and Arts)(Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 2/3/2001; 700+ words
; ...was feted in the writings of his friends, notably in Sir George Etherege's comedy, "The Man of Mode". Just before he died...intermittently. Anecdotes concerning Rochester and his crony George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, are retailed without...
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Evidence of Restoration Performances: Duke Ferdinand Albrecht's Annotated Playtexts from 1664-65.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...London Stage for performance data of the early 1660s--Sir Henry Herbert (Master of the Revels), Samuel Pepys...performance on the title pages of eight English plays: Sir George Etherege's The Comical Revenge, James Shirley's The Court...
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14 MARCH 1687 ; Days like these
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/14/2007; ; 334 words
; SIR GEORGE ETHEREGE, playwright and diplomat, writes to the Duke of Buckingham ( above) from Ratisbon, Bavaria: "As there is none [in England...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Film: THE BIG PICTURE: Tale of Depp-ravity.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 11/18/2005; 700+ words
; ...Wilmot on stage. Malkovich in a false noseseems to be having fun. Once in London, he meets up with playwright Sir George Etherege (an excellent Tom Hollander) and his Falstaff-style mate Charles Sackville (Johnny Vegas in typical Vegas mode...
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DAYS LIKE THESE: 3 March 1687
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/3/2003; ; 390 words
; Sir George Etherege, Restoration dramatist and diplomat, writes to the Duke of Buckingham from Ratisbon: "I have been long enough in this town...
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Seriously trivial THEATRE
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/11/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Nicholas Hytner's production of George Etherege's The Man of Mode or Sir Fopling Flutter at the National...for the good. Hytner sets Etherege's tale of shameless vanity...refined, which characterises Etherege's writing, chiming perfectly...
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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA'S NEW PLAY, 'MAN OF MODE,' ILLUMINATES EXCESSES OF ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/21/2007; 541 words
; ...March 30 at the University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance. Set in 17th-century England, George Etherege's "The Man of Mode," or, "Sir Fopling Flutter," is a play about debauchery and sex, with multiple intertwined love stories...
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Sir George Etherege
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir George Etherege , 1636-1692, English dramatist. His witty, licentious comedies...The Man of Mode (1676), is famous for its creation of the great fop, Sir Fopling Flutter. His years spent as English minister to Ratisbon (1685...
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Etherege, Sir George
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Etherege, Sir George (1634–91), English dramatist...verse drama with a comic prose subplot. Etherege explored this latter style further in his...just as the poet Bellair is supposed to be Etherege himself.
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