''The Capricious Lovers'' is a 1725 comedy play by the British writer

Gabriel Odingsells Gabriel Odingsells (1690–1734) was a British playwright. He attended Pembroke College, Oxford. In 1725 he wrote a comedy ''The Bath Unmasked'', set in the city of Bath, Somerset, Bath, which appeared at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. This was fo ...

. The play revolves around a vain militia colonel.Freeman p.282 The original cast at Lincoln's Inn Fields included John Hippisley as Colonel Mockyouth, Thomas Walker as Beaumine, Lacy Ryan as Galliard, William Bullock as Roger,

James Spiller James Spiller (c.1761–1829) was an English architect and surveyor, a close associate of Sir John Soane. His designs included the Church of St John-at-Hackney, and the Great Synagogue, London. Life Spiller was a pupil of the architect James Wy ...

as Trusty,

Elizabeth Younger Elizabeth Younger whose married name was Elizabeth Finch (2 September 1699 – 24 November 1762), was an actress and dancer. Her sister was the singer and actress Margaret Bicknell.''Younger arried name Finch Elizabeth (1699–1762), actress and ...

as Graciana, Anne Parker as Mrs Fading, Jane Rogers as Mrs Mincemode and

Jane Egleton Jane Egleton (died 1734) was a British stage actress of the eighteenth century associated with John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. He origins are not entirely clear, but she acted under the name Jane Giffard or Mrs Giffard ...

as Frizle.

References

Bibliography

* Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992. * Freeman, Terence M. ''Dramatic Representations of British Soldiers and Sailors on the London Stage, 1660-1880: Britons, Strike Home''. Mellen Press, 1995. * Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama: 1700-1750''. CUP Archive, 1927. 1725 plays British plays West End plays Comedy plays {{18thC-play-stub