Cheap Living

{{Short description|1797 play}}

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| name =Cheap Living

| image =File:Cheap Living.jpg

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| writer =Frederick Reynolds

| setting = A seaport in England, present day

| date of premiere = 21 October 1797

| original language = English

| place = Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London

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| genre = Comedy

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Cheap Living is a 1797 comedy play by the English writer Frederick Reynolds. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 21 October 1797.Nicoll p.301 The original cast included Richard Suett as Old Woodland, Charles Kemble as Young Woodland, Robert Palmer as Scatter, Charles Bannister as Spunge, Dorothea Jordan as Sir Edward Bloomly, Jane Pope as Mrs. Scatter, Maria Theresa Kemble as Elinor Bloomly. The Irish premiere occurred on the 2 January 1799 at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin.Greene p.4505

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Bibliography

  • Greene, John C. Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 6. Lexington Books, 2011.
  • Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume IV. Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Category:1797 plays

Category:Comedy plays

Category:West End plays

Category:Plays by Frederic Reynolds

Category:Plays set in England

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