The Northern Heiress
| The Northern Heiress | |
|---|---|
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre | |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
The Northern Heiress is a 1716
comedy by the Irish-born writer Mary Davys
. Its fuller title is The Northern Heiress, or, The Humours of York.
The play satirizes the contemporary
Hanoverian Succession. However, the dedication may have been the attempt of a struggling author to try to secure patronage in the wake of the recent Jacobite rebellion.[2]
The original cast featured John Leigh as Gamont, Christopher Bullock as Welby, William Bullock as Sir Loobily Joddrell, Sarah Thurmond as Isabella, Jane Rogers as Louisa, Mary Kent as Lady Cardivant and Frances Maria Knight as Lady Ample.
References
Bibliography
- Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
- Womersley. David. "Cultures of Whiggism": New Essays on English Literature and Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century. University of Delaware Press, 2005.
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