The Artifice (play)
{{Short description|Play by Susanna Centlivre}}
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| writer = Susanna Centlivre
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| date of premiere = 2 October 1722Burling p.99
| original language = English
| place = Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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| genre = Comedy
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The Artifice is a 1722 comedy by the British writer Susanna Centlivre. It was her final play, returning to the more robust style of restoration comedy which was very uncommon by this era.Rubik p.108
Staged at the Drury Lane Theatre the cast included Robert Wilks as Sir John Freeman, Anne Oldfield as Mrs Watchit, William Wilks as Fainwell, John Mills as Ned Freeman, Benjamin Griffin as Watchit, John Harper as Tally, Christiana Horton as Olivia, Elizabeth Younger as Louisa.
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Bibliography
- Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
- Rubik, Margarete. Early Women Dramatists 1550–1801. Macmillan, 2016.
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Category:Plays by Susanna Centlivre
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