essence, modish, wife, 1676, comedy, play, thomas, rawlins, sometimes, also, attributed, edward, ravenscroft, first, performed, dorset, garden, theatre, london, duke, company, along, with, thomas, otway, soldier, fortune, incorporated, scenes, from, moliere, i. Tom Essence Or The Modish Wife is a 1676 comedy play by Thomas Rawlins 1 sometimes also attributed to Edward Ravenscroft It was first performed at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London by the Duke s Company Along with Thomas Otway s The Soldier s Fortune it incorporated scenes from Moliere s The Imaginary Cuckold in an otherwise unrelated plot 2 Tom EssenceWritten byThomas RawlinsDate premieredAugust 1676Place premieredDorset Garden Theatre LondonOriginal languageEnglishGenreRestoration comedySettingCovent Garden present dayThe original Dorset Gardens cast included Anthony Leigh as Tom Essence Thomas Percival as Old Monylove John Crosby as Courtly Henry Norris as Loveall Thomas Gillow as Stanly John Richards as Laurence Margaret Hughes as Mrs Monylove Elizabeth Barry as Theodocia Margaret Osborne as Luce and Anne Shadwell as Mrs Essence 3 References Edit Hughes p 144 Hughes p 144 Van Lennep p 246Bibliography EditHughes Leo Century of English Farce Princeton University Press 2015 Van Lennep W The London Stage 1660 1800 Volume One 1660 1700 Southern Illinois University Press 1960 This article on a play from the 17th century is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Essence amp oldid 1096905711, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
