He wrote the libretto to The Judgment of Paris and helped Handel compose Semele.
He wrote the libretto to The Judgment of Paris and helped Handel compose Semele. His first work, Incognita, was published under the pseudonym Cleophil. He may be better known, however, for writing "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast" and "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,/Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd" in his tragedy The Mourning Bride. Anne Bracegirdle played many of his lead females, including Araminta in The Old Batchelor, Angelica in Love for Love, and Mrs. Millamant in his most famous work. FTP, identify this English playwright of The Way of the World.
He wrote the libretto to The Judgment of Paris and helped Handel compose Semele.
William {Congreve}