The School for Rakes

About the show

The School for Rakes is a 1769 comedy play by the British writer Elizabeth Griffith. It was inspired by the 1767 French play Eugénie by Pierre Beaumarchais. The original Drury Lane cast included Samuel Reddish as Frampton, Samuel Cautherley as Lord Eustace, Charles Holland as Sir William Evans, James William Dodd as Willis, Thomas King as Captain Lloyd, John Palmer as Colonel Evans, Robert Baddeley as Robert, Kitty Clive as Mrs Winifred and Sophia Baddeley as Harriet.