Captain O'Blunder
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Captain O'Blunder or The Brave Irishman is a comedy play by the Irish actor-manager Thomas Sheridan, first performed in the early 1740s at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin.Moody & O'Quinn p.222 It depicts the adventures of a naive Irishman in London.
It is a reworking of the 1704 comedy Squire Trelooby by William Congreve and John Vanbrugh, itself based on a French farce by Molière.
List of Characters
- Tradewell - a London merchant
- Captain O'Blunder - an Irish officer (performed by Mr Sparks){{Cite news |date=12 May 1770 |title=Postscript |work=London Evening Post}}
- Lucy - daughter of Tradewell
- Betty - Lucy's maid
- Cheatwell - Lucy's lover
- Sconce
- Monsieur Ragout
- Sergeant
- Dr Clyfter - Physician
- Dr Gellypot - Physician
- Captain O'Blunder's servant
References
Bibliography
- Moody, Jane & O'Quinn, Daniel (ed.). The Cambridge companion to British theatre, 1730-1830. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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