Sir Harry Wildair
Sir Harry Wildair | |
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Written by | George Farquhar |
Date premiered | April 1701 |
Place premiered | Drury Lane Theatre |
Original language | English |
Genre | Restoration Comedy |
Sir Harry Wildair is a 1701 comic play by the Irish writer George Farquhar. It is a sequel to the 1699 hit The Constant Couple, portraying the further adventures of the most popular character from the earlier play.[1]
The original Drury Lane cast included Robert Wilks as Sir Harry Wildair, John Mills as Colonel Standard, Benjamin Johnson as Captain Fireball, Colley Cibber as Marquis, William Pinkethman as Clincher, Henry Norris as Dicky, Henry Fairbank as Shark, Thomas Simpson as Lord Bellamy, Susanna Verbruggen as Lady Lurewell, Jane Rogers as Angelica and Jane Lucas as Parly. Farquhar, an Irish Protestant from Derry, dedicated the play to William of Orange.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Bevis, Richard W. English Drama: Restoration and Eighteenth Century 1660-1789. Routledge, 2014.
- Morash, Christopher. A History of Irish Theatre 1601-2000. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
External links
- Sir Harry Wildair public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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- Aphra Behn
- Susanna Centlivre
- Colley Cibber
- William Congreve
- John Dryden
- Thomas D'Urfey
- George Etherege
- George Farquhar
- Edward Howard
- James Howard
- Robert Howard
- Thomas Otway
- Charles Sedley
- Thomas Shadwell
- Thomas Southerne
- Richard Steele
- John Vanbrugh
- George Villiers
- William Wycherley
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- The Adventures of Five Hours (1663)
- The Comical Revenge (1664)
- The Mulberry-Garden (1668)
- She Would If She Could (1668)
- An Evening's Love (1668)
- Sir Solomon Single (1670)
- Love in a Wood (1671)
- The Rehearsal (1671)
- Epsom Wells (1672)
- Marriage à la mode (1672)
- The Country Wife (1675)
- Love in the Dark (1675)
- The Country Wit (1676)
- The Plain-Dealer (1676)
- The Man of Mode (1676)
- Tom Essence (1676)
- A Fond Husband (1677)
- Friendship in Fashion (1678)
- Squire Oldsapp (1678)
- Tunbridge Wells (1678)
- A True Widow (1678)
- The Woman Captain (1679)
- The London Cuckolds (1681)
- Sir Barnaby Whigg (1681)
- The Royalist (1682)
- City Politiques (1683)
- Dame Dobson (1683)
- A Commonwealth of Women (1685)
- Sir Courtly Nice (1685)
- Bellamira (1687)
- A Fool's Preferment (1688)
- The Squire of Alsatia (1688)
- Bury Fair (1689)
- The Fortune Hunters (1689)
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- The Canterbury Guests (1694)
- The Married Beau (1694)
- Love for Love (1695)
- Love's Last Shift (1696)
- The Relapse (1696)
- The Campaigners (1698)
- Love and a Bottle (1698)
- The Constant Couple (1699)
- The Way of the World (1700)
- Sir Harry Wildair (1701)
- The Lying Lover (1703)
- The Careless Husband (1704)
- The Recruiting Officer (1706)
- The Beaux' Stratagem (1707)
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- Restoration of Charles II
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