His second play features a prologue which claims that Moors throw their infants into the sea to test whether they are bastards, while the prologue to his fourth play compares dramas to almanacs in their frequency of appearance.  
His second play features a prologue which claims that Moors throw their infants into the sea to test whether they are bastards, while the prologue to his fourth play compares dramas to almanacs in their frequency of appearance.  Minor characters in his second play include a chaplain named Saygrace and a "uxorious, foolish old knight" named Sir Paul Plyant, while minor characters in his fourth play include two prisoners named Heli and Osmyn and a eunuch named Selim.  His second play opens with a conversation between Careless and Mellefont in Lord Touchwood's house, while his fourth play opens with Almeria, the Princess of Granada, discoursing on the charms of music.  He wrote about Vainlove and Heartwell in his first play, The Old Bachelor.  FTP, name this author of The Double-Dealer and The Mourning Bride, who also wrote The Way of the World.
His second play features a prologue which claims that Moors throw their infants into the sea to test whether they are bastards, while the prologue to his fourth play compares dramas to almanacs in their frequency of appearance.  
William Congreve