''The Walloons'' 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
Richard Cumberland. It was first staged at the
Covent Garden Theatre in April 1782. The character of Father O'Sullivan was widely believed to be based on Father Thomas Hussey
[Mudford p.406] an Irish-born Priest with whom Cumberland conducted secret talks in an attempt to secure a peace agreement between Britain and Spain during the
American War of Independence.
References
Bibliography
* Mudford, William. ''The Life of Richard Cumberland''. Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1812.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Volume III: Late Eighteenth Century Drama''. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
Plays by Richard Cumberland
1782 plays
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