The Inconstant

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The Inconstant
Written byGeorge Farquhar
Date premieredFebruary 1702; 320 years ago (1702-02)
Place premieredDrury Lane Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The Inconstant, or the Way to Win Him is a 1702 play by the Irish writer George Farquhar. It was a reworking of the Jacobean comedy The Wild Goose Chase by John Fletcher.[1] A success, the play was revived a number of times during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Despite its popularity, the play was later criticised for its similarities to Fletcher's earlier work with Leigh Hunt commenting it was "neither more or less Fletcher's play, with the poetry taken out".[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Moore p.195
  2. ^ Moore p.195

Bibliography[]

  • Moore, Helen. Amadis in English: A Study in the Reading of Romance. Oxford University Press, 2020.


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