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D'Urfey, detail of an engraving by C. Pye after a drawing by J. Thurston
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Thomas D’Urfey

British dramatist
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Thomas D’Urfey (born 1653, Exeter?, Devon, Eng.—died February 1723, London) was an English dramatist, satirist, and songwriter with a light satirical touch whose plays were very popular in their time; his comedies, with complicated plots carried forward by lively dialogue, to some extent pointed the way to sentimental comedy of the later 18th century. D’Urfey was descended from French Huguenot refugees and was a prolific and adaptable writer. Patronized by King Charles II, whom he...

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