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Three respectable suitors pursue their beloveds while facing rivals and tests of character. Wisemore must prove his worth to Lady Matchless, while Merital elopes with Helena against her uncle’s wishes; parallel courtships, letters and unmaskings explore love, virtue and the social masks worn in marriage.
Pasquin is a 1736 comedy play by Henry Fielding. It is a satire on both politics and the theatre, with a play within a play plot about a group of actors attempting to put on a production about a local election. It takes its name from Pasquin, a historic statue in Rome. The original Haymarket cast included John Roberts as Trapwell, James Lacy as Fustian, Charlotte Charke as Lord Place and John Freeman as Colonel Promise. It was the success of the season with an estimated 25,000 people seeing its original run of forty performances.
A comic love plot involving Hilaret and Constant unfolds alongside a corrupt justice system: both Constant and Hilaret are accused of rape, and Hilaret devises a scheme to expose Justice Squeezum. The play uses these farcical events to address abuses of power and virtue in public and private life.
Struggling playwright Harry Luckless tries to woo his landlady's daughter and earn money from his writing. After a theatre rejects his play-within-the-play, he revises it for another venue, where it becomes a puppet show featuring allegorical figures of literary and theatrical genres; the worlds of the two plays then merge.
In a brothel, Kissinda and Stormanda form a love triangle with Lovegirlo, while Captain Bilkum pursues Stormanda. Bilkum is killed in a duel, and Stormanda appears to commit suicide before the play reveals otherwise. The work uses the characters’ relationships to burlesque tragic conventions.
A satirical play framed as a rehearsal: author Medley presents a sequence of loosely connected episodes to the critic Sourwit and Lord Dapper. The episodes expose political corruption, fashionable society's false values, and the theatre world of the period.
Two merchants fear their young wives will take lovers and send threatening letters in an attempt to keep them faithful. The wives' affairs with officer Rakel lead to hiding places, elaborate deceptions and eventual discovery.
The Miser is a 1733 comedy play by the British writer Henry Fielding. It is an English-language adaptation of Molière's The Miser. It was a success, running for twenty five performances by May 1733. The original Drury Lane cast included Benjamin Griffin as Lovegold, Roger Bridgewater as Frederick, William Mills as Clerimont, Theophilus Cibber Ramilie, James Oates as Decoy, Edward Berry as Sparke and Christiana Horton as Mariana.
Woodcutter Gregory is pushed by his wife into impersonating a French doctor to treat Charlotte, who feigns muteness to avoid her father's forced marriage and marry Leander. Gregory's disguise also entangles him in pursuit of his own wife.
Mr. Modern sells his wife for money, then sues Lord Richly for adultery damages when the payment proves insufficient; the attempted suit is undermined by testimony that he himself arranged the transaction. The play follows the Bellamant family’s parallel affairs and marriages while criticizing the law that allowed husbands to claim damages for a wife’s adultery.
Father Martin tries to manipulate Jourdain into seducing his own daughter Isabel, who intends to marry Young Laroon. Others exploit Jourdain's guilt through disguises, while Isabel recognizes Martin's intentions and sets a trap to expose him.
Young law student Wilding abandons his studies for pleasure and courts Bellaria for her money. Other men also pursue her, while her aunts urge opposing views of propriety; the comedy exposes hypocrisy and ends with Veromil marrying Bellaria while Wilding remains unmarried.
Tom Thumb, a hero small in stature but granted a princess’s hand, becomes the focus of competing courtly affections. Queen Dollallolla and Lord Grizzle oppose the marriage, while the play’s burlesque plot and elaborate deaths satirize theatrical tragedy and abuses of language.
The Universal Gallant, or The Different Husbands is a 1735 comedy play by the British writer Henry Fielding. The original Drury Lane cast included James Quin as Mondish, William Mills as Gaylove, Theophilus Cibber as Captain Spark, Benjamin Griffin as Sir Simon Raffler, John Harper as Colonel Raffler and Mary Heron as Mrs Raffler. Fielding dedicated the work to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough. It was not a success and met a hostile reception its opening night, and lasted for only three performances.
Tom and Sophie love each other, but Sophie’s aunt mistakenly tells her that her father has approved her marriage to Tom when he has actually agreed to a match with Blifil. Tom is expelled after rejecting that arrangement, and Sophie follows him. At a tavern, Tom protects her from two drunk men; a hidden letter then reveals that Tom is older than Blifil and Alworthy’s nephew, clearing the way for Tom and Sophie to marry.
At King Arthur’s court, tiny hero Tom Thumb defeats giants and receives Princess Huncamunca’s hand, provoking Queen Dollalolla and Lord Grizzle to plot against the marriage. Fielding turns the low tragedy into burlesque as doctors mistake a monkey for Tom, Tom is swallowed by a cow, his ghost dies again, and the other characters kill one another in absurd tragic fashion.
Three respectable suitors pursue their beloveds while facing rivals and tests of character. Wisemore must prove his worth to Lady Matchless, while Merital elopes with Helena against her uncle’s wishes; parallel courtships, letters and unmaskings explore love, virtue and the social masks worn in marriage.
Pasquin is a 1736 comedy play by Henry Fielding. It is a satire on both politics and the theatre, with a play within a play plot about a group of actors attempting to put on a production about a local election. It takes its name from Pasquin, a historic statue in Rome. The original Haymarket cast included John Roberts as Trapwell, James Lacy as Fustian, Charlotte Charke as Lord Place and John Freeman as Colonel Promise. It was the success of the season with an estimated 25,000 people seeing its original run of forty performances.
A comic love plot involving Hilaret and Constant unfolds alongside a corrupt justice system: both Constant and Hilaret are accused of rape, and Hilaret devises a scheme to expose Justice Squeezum. The play uses these farcical events to address abuses of power and virtue in public and private life.
Struggling playwright Harry Luckless tries to woo his landlady's daughter and earn money from his writing. After a theatre rejects his play-within-the-play, he revises it for another venue, where it becomes a puppet show featuring allegorical figures of literary and theatrical genres; the worlds of the two plays then merge.
In a brothel, Kissinda and Stormanda form a love triangle with Lovegirlo, while Captain Bilkum pursues Stormanda. Bilkum is killed in a duel, and Stormanda appears to commit suicide before the play reveals otherwise. The work uses the characters’ relationships to burlesque tragic conventions.
A satirical play framed as a rehearsal: author Medley presents a sequence of loosely connected episodes to the critic Sourwit and Lord Dapper. The episodes expose political corruption, fashionable society's false values, and the theatre world of the period.
Two merchants fear their young wives will take lovers and send threatening letters in an attempt to keep them faithful. The wives' affairs with officer Rakel lead to hiding places, elaborate deceptions and eventual discovery.
The Miser is a 1733 comedy play by the British writer Henry Fielding. It is an English-language adaptation of Molière's The Miser. It was a success, running for twenty five performances by May 1733. The original Drury Lane cast included Benjamin Griffin as Lovegold, Roger Bridgewater as Frederick, William Mills as Clerimont, Theophilus Cibber Ramilie, James Oates as Decoy, Edward Berry as Sparke and Christiana Horton as Mariana.
Woodcutter Gregory is pushed by his wife into impersonating a French doctor to treat Charlotte, who feigns muteness to avoid her father's forced marriage and marry Leander. Gregory's disguise also entangles him in pursuit of his own wife.
Mr. Modern sells his wife for money, then sues Lord Richly for adultery damages when the payment proves insufficient; the attempted suit is undermined by testimony that he himself arranged the transaction. The play follows the Bellamant family’s parallel affairs and marriages while criticizing the law that allowed husbands to claim damages for a wife’s adultery.
Father Martin tries to manipulate Jourdain into seducing his own daughter Isabel, who intends to marry Young Laroon. Others exploit Jourdain's guilt through disguises, while Isabel recognizes Martin's intentions and sets a trap to expose him.
Young law student Wilding abandons his studies for pleasure and courts Bellaria for her money. Other men also pursue her, while her aunts urge opposing views of propriety; the comedy exposes hypocrisy and ends with Veromil marrying Bellaria while Wilding remains unmarried.
Tom Thumb, a hero small in stature but granted a princess’s hand, becomes the focus of competing courtly affections. Queen Dollallolla and Lord Grizzle oppose the marriage, while the play’s burlesque plot and elaborate deaths satirize theatrical tragedy and abuses of language.
The Universal Gallant, or The Different Husbands is a 1735 comedy play by the British writer Henry Fielding. The original Drury Lane cast included James Quin as Mondish, William Mills as Gaylove, Theophilus Cibber as Captain Spark, Benjamin Griffin as Sir Simon Raffler, John Harper as Colonel Raffler and Mary Heron as Mrs Raffler. Fielding dedicated the work to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough. It was not a success and met a hostile reception its opening night, and lasted for only three performances.
Tom and Sophie love each other, but Sophie’s aunt mistakenly tells her that her father has approved her marriage to Tom when he has actually agreed to a match with Blifil. Tom is expelled after rejecting that arrangement, and Sophie follows him. At a tavern, Tom protects her from two drunk men; a hidden letter then reveals that Tom is older than Blifil and Alworthy’s nephew, clearing the way for Tom and Sophie to marry.
At King Arthur’s court, tiny hero Tom Thumb defeats giants and receives Princess Huncamunca’s hand, provoking Queen Dollalolla and Lord Grizzle to plot against the marriage. Fielding turns the low tragedy into burlesque as doctors mistake a monkey for Tom, Tom is swallowed by a cow, his ghost dies again, and the other characters kill one another in absurd tragic fashion.