All Alive and Merry

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All Alive and Merry
Written by Samuel Johnson
Date premiered10 January 1737 [1]
Place premiered Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

All Alive and Merry is a 1737 comedy play by the British writer Samuel Johnson. The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included William Giffard, Charlotte Charke and Anna Marcella Giffard. It was staged by Henry Giffard's company which had recently moved from the Goodman's Fields Theatre in Whitechapel.

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References

  1. Burling p.180

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