The Beaux' Stratagem
Beaux' Stratagem, The Author: George Farquhar
First Performance: 1707, London
Published: 1707
Genre: Com. in 5 acts
Setting: An inn and Lady Bountiful's home, Lichfield, early 18th c.
Cast: 11m, 5f, extras
Aimwell and Archer are gentlemen who have fallen on hard times and so decide to leave London and seek their fortunes in the country, travelling as a lord and his servant. They arrive at the inn of Boniface, who assumes that they are thieves and so plans to rob them. The two friends soon seek out a local heiress Dorinda, daughter to the munificent Lady Bountiful and sister-in-law to the frustrated Mrs Sullen. By pretending to fall ill, Aimwell gains access to the charitable Lady Bountiful and so meets Dorinda, while Archer woos Mrs Sullen. When thieves break into Lady Bountiful's house, Aimwell and Archer are...
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