''The Fair Quaker of Deal or, The Humours of the Navy'' is a 1710
comedy play
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by the British writer
Charles Shadwell. A popular hit running for thirteen nights, it was revived a number of times.
The original
Drury Lane
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cast included
Barton Booth
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Early life
Booth was the son of The Hon and Very Revd Dr Robert Booth (priest), Robert Booth, Dean of Bristol, by his first wife ...
as Worthy,
George Pack as Mizen,
George Powell as Rovewell,
Thomas Elrington as Cribidge,
John Corey as Easy,
John Freeman as Scruple,
Hester Santlow
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Life
Hester Santlow was born circa 16 ...
as Dorcas Zeal,
Henrietta Moore
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as Belinda and
Lucretia Bradshaw
Lucretia Bradshaw (fl. 1714 - 1741) was an English actress. She was often billed as Mrs. Bradshaw.
In Thomas Betterton's 1741 ''A History of the English Stage'', it is stated that:
She declared herself to have learned from Elizabeth Barry: "to ...
as Arabella Zeal.
The play was dedicated to "my generous and obliging friends of the County of Kent".
List of Characters
* Flip - The Commodore, illiterate tar, hates the Gentlemen of the Navy, gets drunk with his Boats-Crew, and values himself upon the brutish Management of the Navy.
* Mizen - a cynical Sea-Fop, a mighty reformer of the Navy, keeps a visiting day and is Flip's opposite.
* Worthy - a Captain of the Navy, a gentleman of honour, sense and reputation.
* Rovewell - a gentleman of fortune, and true lover of the Officers of the Navy.
* Sir Charles Pleasant - Worthy's Lieutenant, a man of quality.
* Cribidge - Flip's lieutenant, a brisk young fellow.
* Easy - a Lieutenant of Marines
* Indent - Flip's purser
* Scruple - a Corporation Justice, a canting hypocrite
* Mr Norris - coxswain.
* Arabella Zeal - bred a Churchwoman
* Dorcas Zeal - bred a Quaker
* Belinda - a woman of fortune.
* Penny Private - whore of the town
* Jiltup - whore of the town
* Maid to Arabella
* Barmaid
References
Bibliography
* Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama: 1700-1750''. CUP Archive, 1927.
1710 plays
Plays by Charles Shadwell
West End plays
Comedy plays
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