Money the Mistress | |
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Written by | Thomas Southerne |
Date premiered | 19 February 1726 [1] |
Place premiered | Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre |
Original language | English |
Genre | Comedy |
Money the Mistress is a 1726 comedy play by the Irish writer Thomas Southerne. It was his final play.
Staged by John Rich at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, the cast included James Quin as Warcourt, Lacy Ryan as Mourville, Thomas Walker as Marsan, Richard Diggs as Governor of Tangier, William Milward as Wingrave, Anthony Boheme as Don Manuel, John Hippisley as Davila, Jane Rogers as Harriet and Elizabeth Younger as Mariana.
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