The plot concerns a merchant, Mr Sterling, who wants to marry off his elder daughter to Sir John Melvil, who is actually in love with her younger sister, Fanny. Fanny, however, is in love with a humble clerk, Lovewell, whom she has secretly married. Her attempts to extricate herself from the arrangement with Melvil lead to her becoming the proposed bride of Melvil's elderly uncle, Lord Ogleby. When the truth comes out, Fanny and Lovewell are forgiven.
PerformancesEdit
Sophia Baddeley, Robert Baddeley, Thomas King by Johan Zoffany in a Royal command performance of the Clandestine Marriage in 1769.
^Thomson, Peter. "Garrick, David". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10408. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Colman, George; Garrick, David (1766). The Clandestine Marriage. London: T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt.
^"CollectionsOnline | G0023". garrick.ssl.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
External linksEdit
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October 14, 2023
clandestine, marriage, comedy, george, colman, elder, david, garrick, first, performed, 1766, drury, lane, both, comedy, manners, comedy, errors, idea, came, from, series, pictures, william, hogarth, entitled, marriage, mode, william, hogarth, marriage, mode, . The Clandestine Marriage is a comedy by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick first performed in 1766 at Drury Lane 1 It is both a comedy of manners and a comedy of errors The idea came from a series of pictures by William Hogarth entitled Marriage a la mode 2 William Hogarth s Marriage a la mode panel 1 The Marriage Settlement which inspired Colman and Garrick to write The Clandestine Marriage Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Performances 2 1 Play and painting 2 2 Opera 2 3 Film 3 Notes 4 External linksPlot summary EditThe plot concerns a merchant Mr Sterling who wants to marry off his elder daughter to Sir John Melvil who is actually in love with her younger sister Fanny Fanny however is in love with a humble clerk Lovewell whom she has secretly married Her attempts to extricate herself from the arrangement with Melvil lead to her becoming the proposed bride of Melvil s elderly uncle Lord Ogleby When the truth comes out Fanny and Lovewell are forgiven Performances Edit nbsp Sophia Baddeley Robert Baddeley Thomas King by Johan Zoffany in a Royal command performance of the Clandestine Marriage in 1769 Play and painting Edit On 12 October 1769 the play was performed as a Royal Command Performance with Sophia Baddeley Robert Baddeley and Thomas King appearing These three were recorded acting in an oil painting by Johan Zoffany 3 Opera Edit The play was adapted into an opera comique Sophie ou le Mariage cache by Josef Kohaut which was first staged by Comedie Italienne in Hotel de Bourgogne on 4 June 1768 In 1792 the play was made into another opera Il matrimonio segreto by Domenico Cimarosa Film Edit Main article The Clandestine Marriage film In 1999 the play was made into a film directed by Christopher Miles and starred Nigel Hawthorne Joan Collins Timothy Spall Emma Chambers and Tom Hollander The screenplay was written by Trevor Bentham Notes Edit Thomson Peter Garrick David Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 10408 Subscription or UK public library membership required Colman George Garrick David 1766 The Clandestine Marriage London T Becket and P A De Hondt CollectionsOnline G0023 garrick ssl co uk Retrieved 21 July 2018 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Clandestine Marriage nbsp The full text of The Clandestine Marriage at Wikisource nbsp The Clandestine Marriage public domain audiobook at LibriVox Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Clandestine Marriage amp oldid 1150565723, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
