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John Crowne c.1640-c.1703, English playwright. The favorite playwright of Charles II, he is remembered for several rather mediocre comedies. Crowne was influenced by the French tradition, particularly by Molière, and the mental states of his characters are more important than plot. Among his plays are Pandion and Amphigenia (1665), Sir Courtly Nice (1685), and The Married Beau (1694).

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Crowne, John (?1640–?1703). His first comedy The Country Wit (1675), contained the character of Sir Mannerly Shallow, subsequently developed into Sir Courtly Nice in the play of that name (1685). He wrote several other comedies, a court masque, Calisto (1675), and eleven tragedies, including the two-part rhymed The Destruction of Jerusalem (1677), Thyestes (1681), and Caligula (1698). The success of the tragedies is said to have owed much to expensive and elaborate scenery.

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