The Independent Patriot

About the show

The Independent Patriot is a 1737 comedy play by Francis Lynch. The play mocks the European tourism of the British elite while on the Grand Tour. The work is dedicated to Lord Burlington, known for his support for Palladian architecture, by suggesting he had more usefully used his time abroad. It was produced at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre by Henry Giffard's company which had recently moved there from Goodman's Fields Theatre.