The Fortune Hunters

The Fortune Hunters
Restoration Comedy

The Fortune Hunters; Or, Two Fools Well Met is 1689

comedy play by James Carlile. It was originally staged by the United Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London

The original Drury Lane cast included Anthony Leigh as Sir William Wealthy, Edward Kynaston as Tom Wealthy, William Mountfort as Young Wealthy, James Nokes as Spruce, John Bowman as Littlegad, Elinor Leigh as The Lady Sly, Charlotte Butler as Sophia, Susanna Mountfort as Maria and Frances Maria Knight as Mrs Spruce.^[1]

The work remained popular into the

Lincoln's Inn Fields

in 1717 and 1728.

References

^ Van Lennep p.370

Bibliography

Canfield, J. Douglas. Tricksters and Estates: On the Ideology of Restoration Comedy. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.

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