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George Farquhar - Love and a Bottle
This play was produced in 1698 at Drury Lane Theatre. From the bustle of its plot, the variety of its incidents, and the sustained humour of its dialogue, it met with so favourable a reception that Farquhar henceforth...
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George Farquhar - Twin-Rivals
«This comedy was produced at Drury Lane on December 14, 1702. It is the most accurate of all Farquhar's productions. The plot, though improbable, is well constructed and sustained, the dialogue lively and...
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George Farquhar - Beaux Stratagem
Two gentlemen of broken fortune, disguised as master and servant, and thinking that a good dowry split both ways would solve their problems; some cludgy highwaymen and their confederates; foxy inn-keeper and saucy...
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George Farquhar - Constant Couple
George Farquhar, the author of this comedy, was the son of a clergyman in the north of Ireland. He was born in the year 1678, discovered an early taste for literature, and wrote poetic stanzas at ten years of age. In...
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George Farquhar - Sir Harry Wildair
This sequel to the Jubilee [The Constant Couple, or A Trip to the Jubilee] appeared at Drury Lane in 1701, and was almost as popular as its predecessor. The smartness of the dialogue, the witty comment upon the...
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George Farquhar - Recruiting Officer
The author was himself a recruiting officer, and possibly gathered all the materials for this play on the very spot where he has placed his scene—Shrewsbury. He has dedicated the piece «to all friends round the...
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George Farquhar - Inconstant
Subtitled «The Way to Win Him:, this play is placed in Paris — a change from many others of Farquhar's plays which used English settings — though still presented to the same English audience. „This comedy… had a...
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