William Congreve

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Mr. Betterton's Prologue

The Way of The World

by William Congreve

A seasoned actor addresses the audience to deliver a witty and self-deprecating prologue regarding the plight of poets and the unpredictability of public taste. He pleads for the audience's favor while satirically suggesting that the play contains no satire because the town is already too 'reformed' to need correction.

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