Which one of the following plays mock the Restoration drama of Dryden and Thomas Otway?
The Rehearsal parodies Restoration heroic drama, notably Dryden’s. Its 1671 date precedes Otway’s dramatic career, so including Otway as an already-parodied dramatist is…
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Which one of the following plays mock the Restoration drama of Dryden and Thomas Otway?
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The Rehearsal parodies Restoration heroic drama, notably Dryden’s. Its 1671 date precedes Otway’s dramatic career, so including Otway as an already-parodied dramatist is chronologically defective.
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