All Alive and Merry

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All Alive and Merry
Written bySamuel Johnson
Date premiered10 January 1737[1]
Place premieredLincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

All Alive and Merry is a 1737 comedy play by the British writer Samuel Johnson. The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included , Charlotte Charke and Anna Marcella Giffard. It was staged by Henry Giffard's company which had recently moved from the Goodman's Fields Theatre in Whitechapel.

References[]

  1. ^ Burling p.180

Bibliography[]

  • Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
  • Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama: 1700-1750. CUP Archive, 1927.


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