Sir George Etherege (c. 1636, Maidenhead, Berkshire – c. 10 May 1692, Paris ) was an English dramatist. He wrote the plays The Comical Revenge or, Love in a Tub in 1664, She Would if She Could in 1668, and The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter in 1676.
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