
“Retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.”
Act I, scene i
The Double Dealer (1694)
The Double Dealer is a comic play written by English playwright William Congreve, first produced in 1693. Henry Purcell set it to music.
“Retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.”
Act I, scene i
The Double Dealer (1694)
“Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools.”
Act II, scene iii
The Double Dealer (1694)
“It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind.”
Epistle dedicatory
The Double Dealer (1694)