Five Thousand a Year

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Five Thousand a Year
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Irish edition
Written by Thomas John Dibdin
Date premiered16 March 1799 [1]
Place premiered Covent Garden Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy
Setting London, present day

Five Thousand a Year is a 1799 comedy play by the British writer Thomas John Dibdin. [2]

The original Covent Garden cast included William Thomas Lewis as George Fervid, Alexander Pope as Frederick Fervid, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Sir Matthew Maxim, Charles Farley as Paragraph, Charles Murray as Mr Goulding, Julia Betterton as Maria, Jane Pope as Lady Julia, Nannette Johnston as Aurelia and Isabella Mattocks as Lady Maxim. [3] It was dedicated to Count Starhemberg, the Austrian ambassador to London.

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References

  1. Hogan p.2154
  2. Nicoll p.256
  3. Hogan p.2154

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