The Town Shifts | |
Setting: | London, present day |
Date Of Premiere: | March 1671 |
Original Language: | English |
Place: | Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London |
Genre: | Restoration Comedy |
The Town Shifts; Or, The Suburb-Justice is a 1671 comedy play by Edward Revet. It was originally staged by the Duke's Company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London. It is part of the tradition of Restoration Comedy.[1]
The original cast included Philip Cademan as Lovewell, Matthew Medbourne as Friendly, Edward Angel as Leftwell, Henry Norris as Pett, Samuel Sandford as Frump, Joseph Williams as Moses, Mary Lee as Leticia, Elinor Leigh as Betty and Jane Long as Fickle.[2]