The Family Party (play) explained

The Family Party
Setting:Bath, present day
Date Of Premiere:11 July 1789
Original Language:English
Place:Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London
Genre:Comedy

The Family Party is a 1789 comedy play by the British writer George Colman the Younger.[1] A two-act farce, it premiered at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 11 July 1789.[2] The original Haymarket cast included Robert Baddeley as Old Spriggins, William Davies as Captain Rampart, Robert Palmer as Pinch, John Bannister as Sir Toby Twaddle, Elizabeth Heard as Laura and Lydia Webb as Mrs Malmsley.

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Notes and References

  1. Nicoll p.189
  2. Greene p.4497