- 1 6 9 5 ). ▁ ▁Pl ays ▁His ▁first ▁comedy , ▁The ▁Mul berry - G arden ▁( 1 6 6 8 ), ▁sust ains ▁Sed ley ' s ▁contemporary ▁reputation ▁for ▁wit ▁in ▁conversation . ▁The ▁best , ▁but ▁most ▁lic ent ious , ▁of ▁his ▁com ed ies ▁is ▁Bell am ira : ▁or , ▁The ▁M ist ress ▁( 1 6 8 7 ), ▁an ▁im itation ▁of ▁the ▁E un uch us ▁of ▁Ter ence , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁hero ine ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁represent ▁Barbara ▁Vill iers , ▁Duch ess ▁of ▁Cleveland , ▁the ▁mist ress ▁of ▁Charles ▁II . ▁While ▁The ▁Mul berry - G arden ▁ex uber antly ▁pra ises ▁the ▁achiev ements ▁of ▁the ▁Rest oration , ▁Bell am ira ▁displays ▁a ▁dark ▁c yn ic ism ▁which ▁has ▁to ▁be ▁account ed ▁for ▁within ▁a ▁changed ▁historical ▁context . ▁His ▁two ▁tra ged ies , ▁Anton y ▁and ▁Cle op atra ▁( 1 6 7 7 ) ▁and ▁The ▁T yr ant ▁King ▁of ▁Cre te ▁( 1 7 0 2 ), ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁Henry ▁Kill ig rew ' s ▁P all ant us ▁and ▁E ud ora , ▁have ▁little ▁mer it . ▁He ▁also ▁produced ▁The ▁Gr umb ler ▁( 1 7 0 2 ), ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁Le ▁G ron de ur ▁of ▁Br ue ys ▁and ▁Pal ap rat . ▁However , ▁many ▁contents ▁of ▁the ▁Sed ley ' s ▁post hum ous ▁edition ▁are ▁sp ur