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The School for Rakes

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The School for Rakes
Written byElizabeth Griffith
Date premiered4 February 1769
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The School for Rakes is a 1769 comedy play by the British writer Elizabeth Griffith.[1] It was inspired by the 1767 French play Eugénie by Pierre Beaumarchais.

The original Drury Lane cast included Samuel Reddish as Frampton, Samuel Cautherley as Lord Eustace, Charles Holland as Sir William Evans, James William Dodd as Willis, Thomas King as Captain Lloyd, John Palmer as Colonel Evans, Robert Baddeley as Robert, Kitty Clive as Mrs Winifred and Sophia Baddeley as Harriet.

References

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  1. ^ Watson p.1503

Bibliography

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  • Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
  • Watson, George. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971.