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The Drummer is a 1716 comedy play by the British writer Joseph Addison, also known as The Drummer, or, The Haunted House.
The Platonick Lady is a 1706 comedy play by the British writer Susanna Centlivre. Staged at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket in November 1706, it was published the following year and is sometimes dated as 1707. In the play's prologue the author defended the right of woman to write plays. The plot revolves around the question of platonic friendship.
The Northern Heiress is a 1716 comedy play by the Irish-born writer Mary Davys. Its fuller title is The Northern Heiress, or, The Humours of York.
The Artful Husband is a 1717 comedy play by the British writer William Taverner. Staged at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, it ran for fifteen nights. It was frequently revived during the eighteenth century.
The Bath Unmasked is a 1725 comedy play by the British writer Gabriel Odingsells. The action takes place in the fashionable spa town of Bath.
Woman Is a Riddle is a 1716 comedy play by the British actor Christopher Bullock. Sometimes its title is written as A Woman Is a Riddle.
The Chimera is a 1721 comedy play by the British writer Thomas Odell.
The Modish Couple is a 1732 comedy play by the British writer James Miller, under the pen name Charles Boaden. A virtuous wife reforms her rakish husband.
The Provoked Husband is a 1728 comedy play by the British writer and actor Colley Cibber, based on a fragment of play written by John Vanbrugh. It is also known by the longer title The Provok'd Husband: or, a Journey to London.
The Masquerade is a 1719 comedy play by the British writer Charles Johnson.
The Humours of Oxford is a 1730 comedy play by the British writer James Miller. It was Miller's debut play, inspired by his time at Wadham College, and proved popular. The plot is set around Oxford University and portrays the academics as overindulging in port wine. William Hogarth designed the frontispiece of the published version of the play.
The Lady's Revenge, or the Rover Reclaim'd is a 1734 comedy play by the British writer William Popple.
The Old Mode and the New is a 1703 comedy play by the English writer Thomas d'Urfey.
The Different Widows is a 1703 comedy play by the British writer Mary Pix.
The Fine Lady's Airs is a 1708 comedy play by the British writer Thomas Baker.
The Ladies Visiting Day is a 1701 comedy play by the English writer William Burnaby.
The Perplexed Couple is a 1715 comedy play by the Irish writer Charles Molloy.
The Doating Lovers: Or, the Libertine Tam'd is a 1715 comedy play by the Irish writer Newburgh Hamilton.
The Double Gallant is a 1707 comedy play by the British writer Colley Cibber.
The Lying Lover; Or, The Lady's Friendship is a 1703 comedy play by the Irish writer Richard Steele. It was his second play, written while he was an army office doing garrison duty in Harwich during the War of the Spanish Succession. It is described as being both a restoration comedy and a sentimental comedy, and marked the transition between the two.
