''Sir Barnaby Whigg; Or, No Wit Like A Womans'' is a 1681
comedy play by the English writer
Thomas D'Urfey. It was first staged by the
King's Company at the
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. A song for the play was composed by
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer.
Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest E ...
.
The original cast included
Thomas Clark as Wilding,
Cardell Goodman as Townly,
Philip Griffin as Porpuss,
Martin Powell as Whigg,
John Coysh as Swift,
Carey Perin as Benedick,
Mary Corbett as Gratiana,
Sarah Cooke as Livia and
Susanna Percival
Susanna Verbruggen (née Percival) (c. 1667–1703), aka Susanna Mountfort, was an English actress working in London.
Life
She was the daughter of Thomas Percival, a member of the Duke's Company for more than a decade. Her first recorded stage a ...
as Winifred.
[Van Lennep p.302] The published version was dedicated to the politician
Lord Berkeley.
References
Bibliography
* McVeagh, John. ''Thomas Durfey and Restoration Drama: The Work of a Forgotten Writer''. Routledge, 2017.
* Van Lennep, W. ''The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
1681 plays
West End plays
Plays by Thomas d'Urfey
Restoration comedy
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