| Pique | |
| Premiere: | December 14, 1875 |
| Place: | Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre |
| Orig Lang: | English |
Pique is an 1875 play produced by Augustin Daly, which had a very successful run of 237 consecutive performances in New York at the Fifth Avenue Theatre."Pique" at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, The Aldine (Vol. 8, No. 1) (1876)[1]
It was based in part on the Florence Marryat novel Her Lord and Master.(26 Feb. 1876). "Pique" at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, The New York Times It debuted on December 14, 1875, and was withdrawn after Saturday, July 29, 1876. It ran in at least two versions in London and also was produced on tour.Miller, Tice L. Entertaining the Nation: American Drama in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, p. 117 (2007).
The original cast included Maurice Barrymore, where he met his future wife Georgiana Drew.
Though the play was a success, critical response varied from "highly laudatory puff pieces to accusations of excessive sentiment and irritating sensationalism."