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Sir Fretful Plagiary
fictional character
Sir Fretful Plagiary, fictional character, the epitome of the vain, talentless playwright, in Richard Brinsley Sheridanâs play The Critic (first performed 1779). The character is based on the English dramatist Richard Cumberland, who had expressed his contempt for Sheridanâs The School for Scandal (1777).
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