''The Fashionable Lover'' is a

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

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. It was first staged at the

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in January 1772. A

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, it follows the adventures of Augusta Aubrey after she leaves her

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's house and is nearly seduced by the villainous Lord Abberville.Nicoll p.126

References

External links

The Fashionable Lover; A Comedy: As Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Belfast, 1772

Bibliography

* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Volume III: Late Eighteenth Century Drama''. Cambridge University Press, 1952. Plays by Richard Cumberland 1772 plays West End plays Comedy plays {{18thC-play-stub