Duplicity (play) explained

Duplicity
Date Of Premiere:	13 October 1781^[1]
Original Language:	English
Place:	Covent Garden Theatre, London
Genre:	Comedy

Duplicity is a 1781 comedy play by the British writer Thomas Holcroft.^[2]

The original Covent Garden cast included John Henderson as Mr Osborne, William Thomas Lewis as Sir Harry Portland, Richard Wilson as Sir Hornet Armstrong, Charles Lee Lewes as Squire Turnbull, John Edwin as Timid, Ralph Wewitzer as Mr Vandervelt, William Stevens as Scrip, Sarah Maria Wilson as Miss Turnbull, Elizabeth Inchbald as Melissa, Ann Pitt as Mrs Trip and Elizabeth Younge as Clara.^[3]

Bibliography

• Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume III. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
• Hogan, C.B (ed.) The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.

Notes and References

1. Hogan p.466
2. Nicoll p.270
3. Hogan p.466