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Two poor middle-aged aristocrats, Lady Filmot and Lord Stewkly, try to arrange marriages between their younger children, Lucy Tryfort and Edward Bull, for the younger characters’ money.
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Two poor middle-aged aristocrats, Lady Filmot and Lord Stewkly, try to arrange marriages between their younger children, Lucy Tryfort and Edward Bull, for the younger characters’ money.
A five-act dramatic adaptation of Frances Sheridan's novel in the sentimental-comedy style, moving through a tragic narrative toward a happy ending.
The Discovery: A Comedy in Five Acts is a comedy by Frances Sheridan. The play premiered on 5 February 1763, at the Drury Lane Theatre, London. The actors being David Garrick as Sir Anthony Branville, Frances' husband Thomas Sheridan as Lord Medway, William O'Brien as Sir Harry Flutter, Charles Holland as Colonel Medway, Mrs. Hannah Pritchard as Lady Medway, Mary Ann Yates as Mrs Knightly, and Jane Pope as Lady Flutter. Garrick agreed that Thomas Sheridan should play the lead role and be paid with two night's profits. Aldous Huxley controversially rewrote the play and provided a new ending, for a Chatto and Windus edition in 1924.
The Dupe is a 1763 comedy play by the Irish writer Frances Sheridan. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 10 December 1763. The original cast included Richard Yates as Sir John Woodall, William Havard as Friendly, John Hayman Packer as Wellford, Thomas King as Sharply and Hannah Pritchard as Mrs Etherdown, Kitty Clive as Mrs Friendly. It was one of only two new mainpieces debuting at Drury Lane that year along with a clutch of afterpieces. Sheridan, the mother of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was best known for her novel Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph but had enjoyed success with the play The Discovery earlier in the year.
Two poor middle-aged aristocrats, Lady Filmot and Lord Stewkly, try to arrange marriages between their younger children, Lucy Tryfort and Edward Bull, for the younger characters’ money.
A five-act dramatic adaptation of Frances Sheridan's novel in the sentimental-comedy style, moving through a tragic narrative toward a happy ending.
The Discovery: A Comedy in Five Acts is a comedy by Frances Sheridan. The play premiered on 5 February 1763, at the Drury Lane Theatre, London. The actors being David Garrick as Sir Anthony Branville, Frances' husband Thomas Sheridan as Lord Medway, William O'Brien as Sir Harry Flutter, Charles Holland as Colonel Medway, Mrs. Hannah Pritchard as Lady Medway, Mary Ann Yates as Mrs Knightly, and Jane Pope as Lady Flutter. Garrick agreed that Thomas Sheridan should play the lead role and be paid with two night's profits. Aldous Huxley controversially rewrote the play and provided a new ending, for a Chatto and Windus edition in 1924.
The Dupe is a 1763 comedy play by the Irish writer Frances Sheridan. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 10 December 1763. The original cast included Richard Yates as Sir John Woodall, William Havard as Friendly, John Hayman Packer as Wellford, Thomas King as Sharply and Hannah Pritchard as Mrs Etherdown, Kitty Clive as Mrs Friendly. It was one of only two new mainpieces debuting at Drury Lane that year along with a clutch of afterpieces. Sheridan, the mother of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was best known for her novel Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph but had enjoyed success with the play The Discovery earlier in the year.