The Way to Get Married
1796 play
The Way to Get Married | |
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Written by | Thomas Morton |
Date premiered | 23 January 1796[1] |
Place premiered | Covent Garden Theatre, London |
Original language | English |
Genre | Comedy |
The Way to Get Married is a 1796 comedy play by the British writer Thomas Morton.[2] The play was frequently revived well into the nineteenth century.
The original cast included William Thomas Lewis as Tangent, John Quick as Toby Allspice, John Henry Johnstone as McQuery, Alexander Pope as Captain Faulkener, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Caustic, John Fawcett as Dick Dashall, Charles Farley as Servant, Charles Holland as Solicitor, Isabella Mattocks as Clementina Allspice, Tryphosa Jane Wallis as Julia Faulkener and Mary Ann Davenport as Lady Sorel.[3]
References
Bibliography
- Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume III. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Hogan, C.B (ed.) The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.
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