author title Kinds of

John Dryden The Conquest of Drama

Granada

Marriage-a –la- Comedy

Mode

SIR GEORGE The Man Mode Drama

ETHEREGE

WILLIAM The Country Wife Drama

WHYCHERLEY

WILLIAM Congreve The Old Bachelor comedy

SIR JOHN The Relapse Comedy

VANBRUGH
The Provoked Comedy
Wife

The The Comedy

Confederacy
James Thomson

Born 11 September 1700

Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland Died 27 August 1748 (aged 47)
Richmond upon Thames, England Alma mater University of Edinburgh
 Sir John Vanbrugh

Godfrey Kneller's Kit-cat portrait, held in the

National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom)
(NPG3231).
24 January 1664
Born (baptised)[1]
City of London
26 March 1726
Died (aged 62)[2]
his house in Whitehall
Nationality English

Blenheim Palace
Castle Howard
Buildings Seaton Delaval Hall
Grimsthorpe Castle
Stowe House
Oliver Goldsmith

Portrait 1769–70 by Joshua Reynolds

10 November 1728
(disputed)
Born Either Ballymahon, County
Longford, Ireland or Elphin,
County Roscommon, Ireland
4 April 1774 (aged 43)
Died
London, England
Resting place Temple Church, London
Playwright, poet, busker,
Occupation
apothecary's assistant
Language English
Education B.A.
Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin
Literary movement The Club
The Vicar of Wakefield, "The
Deserted Village", The Good-
Notable work(s)
Natur'd Man, She Stoops to
Conquer
 Sir George Etherege

c. 1636
Probably
Born Maidenhead,
Berkshire,
England
c. 1691
Died
Paris, France
Occupation Playwright, poet
English
Literary
Restoration
movement
Comedy
Mary Arnold[1]
Spouse(s)
(m. 1677–91)
•George
Etherege
(grandfather)
 William Congreve

William Congreve in 1709 by Godfrey Kneller

24 January 1670
Born
Bardsey, England
19 January 1729 (aged 58)
Died
London, England
Occupation Playwright, poet
Nationality English
Period 1693–1700
 William
Wycherley

1640
Born Clive, Shropshire,
England
31 December 1715
Died
London, England
Occupation poet; playwright
The Country Wife; The
Notable work(s)
Plain Dealer
 John Dryden
9 August 1631
Aldwincle, Thrapston,
Born
Northamptonshire,
England
1 May 1700 (aged 68)
Died
London, England
poet, literary critic,
Occupation
playwright
Alma mater Cambridge University
Absalom and Achitophel,
Notable work(s)
MacFlecknoe
Author Title Kinds of

JAMES THOMSON The Castle of

OLIVER The Traveller poems

GOLDSMITH

The Deserted poems

Village