Pasquin (play)

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Pasquin
The Author's Benefit- Pasquin MET DP826089.jpg
Written by Henry Fielding
Date premiered5 March 1736 [1]
Place premiered Haymarket Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Pasquin is a 1736 comedy play by Henry Fielding. [2] It is a satire on both politics and the theatre, with a play within a play plot about a group of actors attempting to put on a production about a local election. [3] It takes its name from Pasquin, a historic statue in Rome.

The original Haymarket cast included John Roberts as Trapwell, James Lacy as Fustian, Charlotte Charke as Lord Place and John Freeman as Colonel Promise. It was the success of the season with an estimated 25,000 people seeing its original run of forty performances. [4]

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References

  1. Burling p.176
  2. Nicoll p.265
  3. Bullard p.342
  4. Bullard p.342

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