''Five Thousand a Year'' is a 1799
comedy play
Comedy is a genre of dramatic performance having a light or humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents and in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity. For ancient Greeks and Romans, a comedy was a stage-play with a happy endin ...
by the British writer
Thomas John Dibdin
Thomas John Dibdin (21 March 1771 – 16 September 1841) was an English dramatist and songwriter.
Life
Dibdin was the son of Charles Dibdin, a songwriter and theatre manager, and of "Mrs Davenet", an actress whose real name was Harriett Pitt ...
.
The original Covent Garden cast included
William Thomas Lewis
William Thomas Lewis (1748?–1811), known as "Gentleman" Lewis, due to his refined acting style, was an English actor. He was said to be "the most complete fop on the stage". In later life he went into theatrical management.
Early days in Ir ...
as George Fervid,
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, ...
as Frederick Fervid,
Joseph Shepherd Munden
Joseph Shepherd Munden (1758 – 6 February 1832) was an English actor.
He had a long provincial experience as actor and manager. His first London appearance was in 1790 at Covent Garden, where he mostly remained until 1811, becoming a lea ...
as Sir Matthew Maxim,
Charles Farley
Charles Farley (1771–1859) was an English actor and dramatist.
Career
Farley was born in London and entered the theatrical profession at an early age, making his first appearance as a page at Covent Garden Theatre, London, in 1782. He came to ...
as Paragraph,
Charles Murray Charles Murray may refer to:
Politicians
*Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore (1661–1710), British peer
*Charles Murray (author and diplomat) (1806–1895), British author and diplomat
*Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore (1841–1907), Scotti ...
as Mr Goulding,
Julia Betterton
Julia Betterton Glover (8 January 1779 – 16 July 1850) was an Irish-born stage actress well known for her comic roles in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Biography
Glover was born Julia Butterton in 1779
or 1781 in Newry, Ireland.
In Lo ...
as Maria,
Jane Pope
Jane Pope (1744 – 30 July 1818) was an English actress.
Life
Pope was the daughter William and Susanna Pope. Her father was a London theatrical wig-maker for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. (There has been confusion over her date of birth with ...
as Lady Julia,
Nannette Johnston
Nannette Johnston (born 1782) was a British stage actress and dancer active during the Regency era. She was born in London as the daughter the actor William Parker, but educated in Edinburgh where her father was working and began her career as a d ...
as Aurelia and
Isabella Mattocks
Isabella Mattocks (1746 – June 25, 1826) was a British actress and singer.
Early life
Hallam (later Mattocks) was baptised in Whitechapel in 1746 by Lewis and Sarah Hallam Douglass. Her father and her uncle William were also actors.Jared Brown ...
as Lady Maxim.
[Hogan p.2154] It was dedicated to
Count Starhemberg, the Austrian ambassador to London.
References
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.
1799 plays
British plays
Comedy plays
West End plays
Plays set in London
{{18thC-play-stub