Whom did John Dryden refer to as "Mac Flecknoe" in his 1682 poem of the same name?

Thomas Shadwell was refer to as “Mac Flecknoe”, a playwright whose work John Dryden despised.

Dryden satirized Shadwell as the son of (“Mac”) Richard Flecknoe, another bad contemporary poet.

What is the time span of Samson Agonistes (1671)? The tragedy Samson Agonistes by John Milton, about Samson's battle of faith and destruction of the Philistine temple, spans one day.
How do you spell the name Swift gave to his race of rational horses in Gulliver’s Travels (1726)? The name Swift gave to his race of rational horses in Gulliver's Travels is spelt Houyhnhnms. Their subjects, a race of nasty human-like creatures, had an easier name: Yahoos.
When did the term “manifest destiny” first appear? The term "manifest destiny" appeared in an article by John L. O'Sullivan in the July-August 1845 United States Magazine and Democratic Review. In the article, O'Sullivan said it was "our manifest destiny to…
On what novel is George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess (1935) based? George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess is based on Porgy (1925), by Du Bose Heyward. Heyward and his wife, Dorothy, won a Pulitzer prize for their dramatic version of the novel. Porgy is…
Why is the head groomsman at a wedding called the best man and why isn’t there a best woman? The phrase best man is of Scottish origin and recalls the days when a bridegroom simply kidnapped the woman he wanted as his bride. To help him in that task, the groom enlisted…
What was the first movie to win all five top Oscars? It Happened One Night (1934), from Harry Cohn's then "Poverty Row" studio, Columbia, was the first movie to win all five top Oscars. In addition to winning the Oscar for Best Picture, the…