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1707 play
The Double Gallant
is a 1707
comedy play
by the British writer
Colley Cibber
.
It was originally performed on 1 November 1707 at the
Queen's Theatre
in the
Haymarket
with a cast that included
Benjamin Johnson
as Sir Solomon,
Barton Booth
as Clerimont,
Robert Wilks
as Careless,
Colley Cibber
as Atall,
William Bowen
as Captain Strut,
Henry Norris
as Sir Squabble Splithair,
George Pack
as Saunter,
William Bullock
as Old Wilful,
Richard Cross
as Sir Harry Atall,
Anne Oldfield
as Lady Dainty,
Letitia Cross
as Lady Sadlife,
Jane Rogers
as Clarinda,
Lucretia Bradshaw
as Sylvia and
Margaret Saunders
as Wishwell.
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References
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- ^
Burling p.45
- ^
Van Lennep p.156
Bibliography
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- Burling, William J.
A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737
. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
- McGirr, Elaine M.
Partial Histories: A Reappraisal of Colley Cibber
. Springer, 2016.
- Nicoll, Allardyce.
History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 2
. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Van Lennep, W.
The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume Two, 1700-1729
. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
