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The Double Distress: A Tragedy is a 1701 play by the English writer Mary Pix. Despite its title, it is a comedy.
The Female Fortune Teller is a 1726 comedy play by the British writer Charles Johnson. It is a reworking of Edward Ravenscroft's 1683 restoration comedy Dame Dobson.
As You Find It is a 1703 comedy play by the English writer Charles Boyle, later Earl of Orrery. His grandfather Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery had also been a playwright. In style it is much closer to traditional Restoration comedy, than the developing trend for Sentimental comedy.
The Coquet, or the English Chevalier is a 1718 comedy play by the Irish writer Charles Molloy.
The Dissembled Wanton is a 1726 comedy play by the British writer Leonard Welsted.
The Impertinent Lovers is a 1723 comedy play by the British writer Francis Hawling.
The Virgin Queen is a 1728 tragedy by the British writer Richard Barford.
The Fall of the Earl of Essex is a 1731 tragedy by the writer James Ralph. It was inspired by Restoration-era drama The Unhappy Favourite by John Banks about the downfall of the Earl of Essex, a military commander and former favourite of Elizabeth I.
Bayes's Opera is a 1730 ballad opera by the British writer Gabriel Odingsells. It was part of a boom in ballad operas that followed in the wake of the susccess of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.
Love Betrayed is a 1703 comedy play by the English writer William Burnaby. It is also known by the longer title Love Betray'd; Or, The Agreeable Disappointment. It was a reworking of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The Married Philosopher is a 1732 comedy play by the writer John Kelly. It was inspired by the 1727 play Le Philosophe Marié by the French writer Philippe Néricault Destouches.
Antiochus the Great is a 1701 tragedy by the English writer Jane Wiseman. It is also known by the longer title of Antiochus the Great, or, The Fatal Relapse. It is based on the life of Antiochus the Great, the Greek ruler of Ancient Syria.
The Different Widows is a 1703 comedy play by the British writer Mary Pix.
The Revolution of Sweden is a 1706 tragedy by the British writer Catharine Cockburn.
The Female Advocates is a 1713 comedy play by the British writer William Taverner. The longer title is The Female Advocates: or, the Frantic Stock-jobber.
The Ladies Visiting Day is a 1701 comedy play by the English writer William Burnaby.
The City Ramble is a 1711 comedy play by the British writer Elkanah Settle. It should not be confused with the 1715 play A City Ramble.
The Cobbler of Preston is a 1716 comedy play by Christopher Bullock, although a separate play of the same title and was written by Charles Johnson the same year. An one-act afterpiece it is the origin of the phrase "Tis impossible to be sure of anything but Death and Taxes". In the preface to the published version Bullock suggested that he had begun writing the play just four days before it's premiere. It takes inspiration from the The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, and is set in Preston. The town had recently been scene of action during the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion at the Battle of Preston. Bullock's play does not overtly reference the recent rebellion, but has undertones supportive of the Hanoverian Dynasty.
Adventures in Madrid or The Adventures in Madrid is a 1706 comedy play by the English writer Mary Pix. It was her final staged work.
The Rival Fools is a 1709 comedy play by the British writer Colley Cibber. It drew inspiration from the earlier play Wit at Several Weapons. Despite Cibber's previous record of turning out hits, it was not a great success.
