Tunbridge Wells (play)
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Tunbridge Wells; Or, A Day's Courtship is a 1678
comedy play generally attributed to the English writer Thomas Rawlins. It was originally staged at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London by the Duke's Company. The names of the original actors are not known.[1] It did not enjoy the same success as Rawlins' earlier work Tom Essence
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It takes place in the
A later work Tunbridge Walks staged in the 1700s was also set in the town.[3]
References
Bibliography
- Canfield, J. Douglas. Tricksters and Estates: On the Ideology of Restoration Comedy. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
- Hembry, Phyllis May . The English Spa, 1560-1815: A Social History. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1990.
- Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
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