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1696 play

The City Lady
Written byThomas Dilke
Date premieredDecember 1696
Place premieredLincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The City Lady; Or, Folly Reclaim'd is a 1696 comedy play by the English writer Thomas Dilke. It was staged by Thomas Betterton's Company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre with a cast that included George Bright as Grumble, Cave Underhill as Bevis, John Bowman as Bellardin, John Hodgson as Lovebright, Joseph Harris as Pedanty, John Freeman as Burgersditius, William Bowen as Jasper, Elizabeth Barry as Lady Grumble, Elizabeth Bowman as Lucinda, Elinor Leigh as Secreta and Abigail Lawson as Fidget.

References

  1. Van Lennep p.471

Bibliography

  • Lowerre, Kathryn. The Lively Arts of the London Stage, 1675–1725. Routledge, 2016.
  • Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.


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