The Canterbury Guests

The Canterbury Guests
Written by	Edward Ravenscroft
Date premiered	September 1694
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original language	English
Genre	Restoration Comedy

The Canterbury Guests; or, A Bargain Broken is a 1694 comedy play by the English writer Edward Ravenscroft. It was the only new work performed by the United Company that autumn, amidst tensions that eventually led to a split.^[1]

The original cast included Cave Underhill as Sir Barnaby Buffler, William Bowen as Justice Greedy, John Verbruggen as Lovell, George Powell as Carless, Thomas Dogget as Dash, William Pinkethman as Jack Sawce, Thomas Kent as Toby, George Bright as Durzo, Jane Rogers as Jacinta, Susanna Verbruggen as Hillaria, Abigail Lawson as Mrs Dazie, Frances Maria Knight as Arabella and Mary Kent as Mrs Breeder. The incidental music was composed by Henry Purcell.

References

Bibliography

• Price, Curtis A. Henry Purcell and the London Stage. Cambridge University Press, 1984.

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Restoration comedy

Playwrights

• Aphra Behn
• Susanna Centlivre
• Colley Cibber
• William Congreve
• John Dryden
• Thomas D'Urfey
• George Etherege
• George Farquhar
• Edward Howard
• James Howard
• Robert Howard
• Thomas Otway
• Charles Sedley
• Thomas Shadwell
• Thomas Southerne
• Richard Steele
• John Vanbrugh
• George Villiers
• William Wycherley

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Characters

• Fop
• Spark
• Rake

Related people

• Charles II
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• Thomas Hobbes
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• John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

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