Fortune's Fool (1796 play)

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Fortune's Fool
Bodleian Libraries, Playbill of Covent Garden, Thursday, Nov. 3, 1796, announcing Fortune's fool &c..jpg
Written by Frederick Reynolds
Date premiered29 October 1796
Place premiered Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy
Setting London, present day

Fortune's Fool is a 1796 comedy play by the English writer Frederick Reynolds. It was first staged at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.

The original cast included William Thomas Lewis as Ap-Hazard, James Middleton as Sir Charles Danvers, John Quick as Sir Bamber Blackletter, John Fawcett as Tom Seymour, William Macready as Orville and Isabella Mattocks as Miss Union. [1]

References

  1. Hogan p.1909-10

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