These titles are all an allusion to William Congreve's line "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned" from his 1697 play The Mourning Bride.
A fictitious play by Congreve, The Gallivant, features prominently in the novel Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham.
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Congreve was educated at Trinity College in Dublin; there he met Jonathan Swift, who would be his friend for the remainder of his life.
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The system was designed by William Congreve was covered by patent No 3606 dated the same year.
The New Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields opened in April 1695 with William Congreve's Love for Love.
In the 18th century, the story of Semele formed the basis for three operas of the same name, the first by John Eccles (1707, to a libretto by William Congreve), another by Marin Marais (1709), and a third by George Frideric Handel (1742).