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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1716.
Whig and Tory is a 1720 comedy play by the British writer and actor Benjamin Griffin. Griffin himself starred as Sir John Indolent with Mrs Gulick as Charlotte. John Harper played Sir Roland Heartfree, Christopher Bullock was Ned Indolent, Lacy Ryan was Reynard and William Bullock was Coblecause.
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.
Kensington Gardens is a 1719 comedy play by the Irish actor John Leigh. It is also known as Kensington Gardens, or, The Pretenders. It follows the attempts of several suitors to woo a wealthy rich widow, and the serious of complications that ensue.
The Half-Pay Officers is a 1720 comedy play by the Irish writer Charles Molloy. The play included popular scenes from Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing and Love and Honour. It proved popular with audiences and was revived on a number of occasions. It premiered with the farce Hob's Wedding as an afterpiece.
The Coquet, or the English Chevalier is a 1718 comedy play by the Irish writer Charles Molloy.
The Traitor is a 1718 tragedy by the British writer Christopher Bullock. It was a revised version of the 1631 play of the same title by James Shirley. It was Bullock's only effort to write tragedy, as his other works were all farces.
A Woman's Revenge, or a Match in Newgate is a 1715 comedy play by the British writer Christopher Bullock. It was originally performed as an afterpiece to another work The Lucky Prodigal. With its Newgate Prison setting and cynical references to corruption, it could be regarded as a precursor to John Gay's hit The Beggar's Opera of a decade later.
The Imperial Captives is a 1720 tragedy by the British writer John Mottley.
The Chimera is a 1721 comedy play by the British writer Thomas Odell.
The Compromise is a 1722 comedy play by the British writer John Sturmy.
The Old Mode and the New is a 1703 comedy play by the English writer Thomas d'Urfey.
The Fine Lady's Airs is a 1708 comedy play by the British writer Thomas Baker.
Henry IV of France is a 1719 tragedy by the British writer Charles Beckingham. It portrays the reign of Henry IV of France, who was assassinated in 1610.
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 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.
Sir Walter Raleigh is a 1719 tragedy by the British writer George Sewell. It is based on the downfall of Walter Raleigh a successful courtier and sailor in the reign of Elizabeth who was executed in the reign of her successor James I. It was originally staged at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, one of the two patent theatres operating in London.
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.
