Secrets Worth Knowing

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Secrets Worth Knowing
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Written by Thomas Morton
Date premiered11 January 1798 [1]
Place premiered Covent Garden Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Secrets Worth Knowing is a 1798 comedy play by the British writer Thomas Morton. [2]

The original Covent Garden cast included William Thomas Lewis as Rostrum, John Quick as Nicholas, Joseph George Holman as Egerton, Alexander Pope as Greville, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Undermine, John Fawcett as April, Thomas Knight as Plethora, Charles Farley as Valet, James Thompson as Cook and Isabella Mattocks as Sally. [3]

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References

  1. Hogan p.2036
  2. Nicoll p.142
  3. Hogan p.2036

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