In one play by this author, a man hires prostitutes to call on him so he seems popular with women; another woman in that play claims to hate men enough to marry one.
In one play by this author, a man hires prostitutes to call on him so he seems popular with women; another woman in that play claims to hate men enough to marry one. In another of this author's plays, Ben's brother fakes madness to avoid signing over his inheritance. One of his protagonists makes his lover promise to "continue to like [her] own face" in a scene where they lay out their conditions for marriage, the (*) ‘proviso' scene. This author wrote about Angelica's false marriage to Sir Sampson in order to free her lover Valentine from debt.  He also coined the phrase "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast" and a quote paraphrased as "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." This author of Love for Love wrote about the lovers Mirabell and Millamant. For 10 points, name this Restoration playwright of The Mourning Bride and The Way of the World.
In one play by this author, a man hires prostitutes to call on him so he seems popular with women; another woman in that play claims to hate men enough to marry one.
William Congreve