''The Duellist'' is a 1773 comedy play by the British writer

William Kenrick William Kenrick may refer to: *William Kenrick (Member of Barebone's Parliament), MP for Kent (UK Parliament constituency) *William Kenrick (writer) (1725–1779), English novelist, playwright and satirist *William Kenrick (nurseryman) (1795&nda ...

. The original Covent Garden cast included Henry Woodward as General Gantlet,

William 'Gentleman' Smith William is a male given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norm ...

as Captain Boothby,

Edward Shuter Edward Shuter (c. 1728–1776) was an English actor. Life Shuter was born in London to poor parents. He made his first appearance on the London stage in 1745 in Cibber's ''Schoolboy''. He made a great reputation in old men's parts. He was ...

as Sir Solomon Bauble, John Quick as Serjant Nonplus,

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 Lord Lovemore, John Cushing as Mactotum and Jane Green as Lady Bauble.Hogan p.1763

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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. 1773 plays Comedy plays West End plays Plays by William Kenrick {{18thC-play-stub