Arrange the following plays in chronological order:
- A. Heywood, A Woman Killed with Kindness
- B. Shaw, John Bull's Other Island
- C. Congreve, The Double Dealer
- D. Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday
- E. Steele, The Conscious Lovers
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Correct answer: B. D, A, C, E, B
Explanation
The Shoemaker's Holiday (1599) → A Woman Killed with Kindness (1603) → The Double Dealer (1693) → The Conscious Lovers (1722) → John Bull's Other Island (1904).
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