Five Thousand a Year

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Five Thousand a Year
Written byThomas John Dibdin
Date premiered16 March 1799[1]
Place premieredCovent Garden Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Five Thousand a Year is a 1799 comedy play by the British writer Thomas John Dibdin.[2]

The original Covent Garden cast included William Thomas Lewis as George Fervid, Alexander Pope as Frederick Fervid, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Sir Matthew Maxim, Charles Farley as Paragraph, Charles Murray as Mr Goulding, Julia Betterton as Maria, Jane Pope as Lady Julia and Isabella Mattocks as Lady Maxim.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Hogan p.2154
  2. ^ Nicoll p.256
  3. ^ Hogan p.2154

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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