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The Double Dealer

The Double Dealer

The Double Dealer is a comic play written by English playwright William Congreve, first produced in 1693. Henry Purcell set it to music.


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“Retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.”

Act I, scene i
The Double Dealer (1694)

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“Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools.”

Act II, scene iii
The Double Dealer (1694)

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“It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind.”

Epistle dedicatory
The Double Dealer (1694)

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