Squire Trelooby
(Redirected from The Cornish Squire)
| Squire Trelooby | |
|---|---|
| Written by | William Congreve John Vanbrugh William Walsh |
| Date premiered | 30 March 1704[1] |
| Place premiered | Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
Squire Trelooby is a 1704 farce by the writers William Congreve, John Vanbrugh and William Walsh. All were members of the Kit-Cat Club, and another member, Samuel Garth, wrote a prologue. The farce was inspired by the French play Monsieur de Pourceaugnac by Molière.
In 1734 James Ralph wrote The Cornish Squire, a reworking of the play which was staged at the Drury Lane Theatre.[2] It was considered a great success, and was followed by another version The Brave Irishman by Thomas Sheridan at Dublin's Smock Alley Theatre in 1744.[3]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700–1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
- Field, Ophelia. The Kit-Cat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation. HarperCollins 2009.
- Sheldon, Esther K. Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley. Princeton University Press, 2015.
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