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The Foundling (play)

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The Foundling
Written byEdward Moore
Date premiered13 February 1748
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The Foundling is a 1748 comedy by the British writer Edward Moore.[1]

The original Drury Lane cast included David Garrick as Young Belmont, Spranger Barry as Sir Charles Raymond, Charles Macklin as Faddle, William Havard as Colonel Raymond, Richard Yates as Sir Roger Belmont, Peg Woffington as Rosetta and Susannah Cibber as Fidelia.

References

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  1. ^ Nicoll p.206

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.
  • Nicoll, Allardyce. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 2. Cambridge University Press, 2009.