Susanna Centlivre (c. 1669 (baptised) – 1 December 1723), born Susanna Freeman, and also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet,...
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Gamester is a 1705 comedy by the English writer Susanna Centlivre. This marked the first time Centlivre had a star cast in one of her productions, and...
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The Perjur'd Husband: or, The Adventures of Venice (category Plays by Susanna Centlivre)
Venice is a tragicomedy written by Susanna Centlivre and first performed and printed in 1700. It was Centlivre's first published play. The play is set...
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Love's Contrivance (category Plays by Susanna Centlivre)
Love's Contrivance is a 1703 comedy play by the English writer Susanna Centlivre. The cast featured Robert Wilks as Bellmie, Anne Oldfield as Belliza...
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The Beau's Duel (category Plays by Susanna Centlivre)
The Beau's Duel is a 1702 comedy play by the English writer Susanna Centlivre. The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included John Corey as Colonel Manly...
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of the affectation of kind-heartedness, and little efficient aid." Susanna Centlivre wrote a successful play, The Busie Body, which was first performed...
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tradition of breeches roles and en travesti. Actress and playwright Susanna Centlivre appeared in breeches roles around 1700. The first popular male impersonator...
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Lying Lover by Richard Steele 1703, Belliza – Love's Contrivance by Susanna Centlivre 1703, Lucia – The Old Mode and the New by Thomas d'Urfey 1704, Lady...
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1817 with equal success, as Donna Violenta in The Wonder (1714) by Susanna Centlivre. It seems from most of the newspaper reports of her acting that she...
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The Artifice (play) (category Plays by Susanna Centlivre)
The Artifice is a 1722 comedy by the British writer Susanna Centlivre. It was her final play, returning to the more robust style of restoration comedy...
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The Stolen Heiress (category Plays by Susanna Centlivre)
Salamanca Doctor Outplotted is a 1702 comedy play by the English writer Susanna Centlivre. The original Lincoln's Inn cast included John Bowman as Governour...
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18th century: Delarivier Manley, Mary Pix, Catharine Trotter, and Susanna Centlivre. A broad study of most never-reprinted Restoration comedies has been...
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Gamester or The Gamester may refer to: The Gamester (Centlivre), a 1705 play by Susanna Centlivre The Gamester (Moore), a 1753 play by Edward Moore The...
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Manley (who wrote as "Melpomene" and "Thalia") and includes pieces by Susanna Centlivre ("perhaps," according to Blain et al.), Sarah Fyge Egerton ("Erato"...
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from the album Terminal Earth, 1989 The Wonder, a comedy play by Susanna Centlivre Super Mario Bros. Wonder, a 2023 Nintendo Switch platforming game...
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A Bold Stroke for a Wife (category Plays by Susanna Centlivre)
A Bold Stroke for a Wife is Susanna Centlivre's 18th-century satirical English play first performed in 1718. The plot expresses the author's unabashed...
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shotputter and former World's Strongest Man Susanna Centlivre (c. 1667 to 1670 – 1 December 1723), born Susanna Freeman, was actress, and "the most successful...
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The Platonick Lady (category Plays by Susanna Centlivre)
The Platonick Lady is a 1706 comedy play by the British writer Susanna Centlivre. Staged at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket in November 1706, it...
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The Beau's Duel by Susanna Centlivre (1702) The Governor of Cyprus by John Oldmixon (1702) The Stolen Heiress by Susanna Centlivre (1702) As You Find...
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Imrie and adapted into a musical from The Custom of the Country by Susanna Centlivre. Also in 2014, she was Artist-in-Residence at the University of California...
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similar to this film. The story of Ek Phool Char Kante was inspired by Susanna Centlivre's play A Bold Stroke for a Wife. The film is a light-hearted comic...
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Love Betrayed by William Burnaby (1703) Angelica in The Gamester by Susanna Centlivre (1705) Flippanta in The Confederacy by John Vanbrugh (1705) Semanthe...
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(1701) Bellmein in The Beau's Duel by Susanna Centlivre (1702) Eugenio in The Stolen Heiress by Susanna Centlivre (1702) Virotto in The Governour of Cyprus...
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in The Biter by Nicholas Rowe (1704) Valeria The Basset Table by Susanna Centlivre (1705) Rose in The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar (1706) Florinda...
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Wycherley 1705: The Mistake by Sir John Vanbrugh; The Gamester by Susanna Centlivre 1706: The Recruiting Officer (play) – George Farquhar 1707: Essay...
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de Caumont, French courtier and statesman (b. 1632) December 1 – Susanna Centlivre, English dramatist, actress (b. 1669) December 2 – Philippe II, Duke...
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asleep. The entire company slowly falls asleep, with the last being Susanna Centlivre (who had attacked Pope's translation of Homer before its publication)...
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vicar's wife (d. 1752) Susanna Verbruggen, English actress (d. 1703) probable – Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (d. 1740) Susanna Centlivre, English actress...
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Cavendish (1621–1669, England) Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673, England) Susanna Centlivre (c. 1667–1723, England) Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616, Spain) Linda...
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Palestine Elias Ashmole – Memoirs John Durant Breval – The Art of Dress Susanna Centlivre – An Epistle to the King of Sweden Anthony Collins – A Philosophical...
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