The Careless Husband

The Careless Husband
Written byColley Cibber
Date premiered7 December 1704
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreRestoration Comedy

The Carless Husband is a comedy play by the English writer Colley Cibber. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 7 December 1704.[1] The original cast featured Cibber as Lord Foppington, George Powell as Lord Morelove, Robert Wilks as Sir Charles Easy, Anne Oldfield as Lady Betty Modish, Frances Maria Knight as Lady Easy, Henrietta Moore as Lady Graveairs and Jane Lucas as Mrs Edging.[2] It has been described as Cibber's most successful play, and provided a vehicle for his popular foppish Lord Foppington personae.[3]

Kitty Clive as Lady Easy in 1739.

References

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  1. ^ McGirr p.191
  2. ^ Van Lennep p.82
  3. ^ Frank p.56

Bibliography

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  • Frank, Marcie. The Novel Stage: Narrative Form from the Restoration to Jane Austen. Rutgers University Press, 2020.
  • McGirr, Elaine M. Partial Histories: A Reappraisal of Colley Cibber. Springer, 2016.
  • Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume Two, 1700-1729. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.


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