''False Appearances'' is a 1789 comedy play by the British politician and general Henry Seymour Conway, inspired by the 1740 French play '' Trompeurs Dehors'' by Louis de Boissy. It appeared at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 20 April 1789. The Irish premiere took place at the

Crow Street Theatre Crow Street Theatre was a theatre in Dublin, Ireland, originally opened in 1758 by the actor Spranger Barry. From 1788 until 1818 it was a patent theatre. History Spranger Barry and Henry Woodward The actor Spranger Barry (1719–1777), born i ...

in Dublin on 13 July 1789Greene p.4496 The original Drury Lane cast included John Philip Kemble as Marquis,

Richard Wroughton Richard Wroughton (1748–1822), was an actor, who worked mainly in Covent Garden (now the Royal Opera house) and Drury Lane (now the Theatre Royal), and occasional in the city of his birth, Bath. Acting at Covent Garden He was born in 1748, ...

as Baron, William Parsons as Governor, John Bannister as Abbé, Robert Palmer as Robert,

Elizabeth Farren Elizabeth Farren (c. 175923 April 1829) was an Irish actress of the late 18th century. Born in Cork in 1759 her father, George Farren was a surgeon. His drinking habits brought on early death and his widow returned to Liverpool. Her mother went ...

as Countess, Anna Maria Crouch as Lucile, Priscilla Kemble as Caelia and Jane Pope as Lisette. The epilogue was written by John Burgoyne.

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* Greene, John C. ''Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 6''. Lexington Books, 2011. * 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. 1789 plays Comedy plays West End plays British plays Plays set in France {{play-stub