The World as it Goes

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The World as it Goes
Written by Hannah Cowley
Date premiered24 February 1781 [1]
Place premiered Covent Garden Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The World as It Goes is a 1781 comedy play by the British writer Hannah Cowley. [2]

The original cast included William Thomas Lewis as Sir Charles Danvers, Charles Lee Lewes as Fairfax, John Quick as Grub, Richard Wilson as Colonel Sparwell, John Edwin as Bronze, Ralph Wewitzer as Von Irkin, Isabella Mattocks as Mrs Sparwell, Lydia Webb as Molly Grub, Elizabeth Inchbald as Sidney Grubb and Elizabeth Younge as Lady Danvers. [3]

References

  1. Hogan p.411
  2. Nicoll p.248
  3. Hogan p.411

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