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The Wife of Bath is a 1713 comedy play by the British writer John Gay. It was inspired by The Wife of Bath's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer. The play marked a conscious switch by Gay towards an apolitical and distant past, after his contemporary work The Mohocks had faced controversy and censorship the previous year. Robert Wilks, a celebrated actor and manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, appeared as Chaucer. The title role of the wife was played by Margaret Bicknell with Mary Porter as Myrtilla and the cast rounded out by William Bullock, Lacy Ryan, Christopher Bullock, William Pinkethman, Susanna Mountfort and .

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rdfs:label	The Wife of Bath (play) (en)
rdfs:comment	The Wife of Bath is a 1713 comedy play by the British writer John Gay. It was inspired by The Wife of Bath's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer. The play marked a conscious switch by Gay towards an apolitical and distant past, after his contemporary work The Mohocks had faced controversy and censorship the previous year. Robert Wilks, a celebrated actor and manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, appeared as Chaucer. The title role of the wife was played by Margaret Bicknell with Mary Porter as Myrtilla and the cast rounded out by William Bullock, Lacy Ryan, Christopher Bullock, William Pinkethman, Susanna Mountfort and . (en)
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name	The Wife of Bath (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Robert Wilks Epilogue Anthony Boheme Richard Steele Charles Hulett Jane Egleton William Pinkethman West End plays Elizabeth Younger William Milward Geoffrey Chaucer Copyright Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Lacy Ryan 1713 plays Plays based on works by Geoffrey Chaucer John Hippisley (actor) Alexander Pope Barnaby Bernard Lintot Plays by John Gay Joseph Addison The Beggar's Opera Margaret Bicknell John Gay Thomas Chapman (actor) The Wife of Bath's Tale William Bullock (actor) Christopher Bullock (actor) Mary Porter (actress) Tory (British political party) Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre Susanna Mountfort Cato (play) Comedy play dbr:Henry_Norris_(actor)
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date of premiere	1713-05-12 (xsd:date)
genre	Comedy (en)
original language	English (en)
place	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
writer	John Gay
has abstract	The Wife of Bath is a 1713 comedy play by the British writer John Gay. It was inspired by The Wife of Bath's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer. The play marked a conscious switch by Gay towards an apolitical and distant past, after his contemporary work The Mohocks had faced controversy and censorship the previous year. Robert Wilks, a celebrated actor and manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, appeared as Chaucer. The title role of the wife was played by Margaret Bicknell with Mary Porter as Myrtilla and the cast rounded out by William Bullock, Lacy Ryan, Christopher Bullock, William Pinkethman, Susanna Mountfort and . It had been expected to premiere in April 1713, but was delayed by the lengthy run of Joseph Addison's Cato which had been widely acclaimed. When it was finally able to be staged, it lasted for only two nights. However a publisher Bernard Lintot paid £25 for the copyright to the work, while Richard Steele had been enthusiastic after seeing it in rehearsals. The epilogue was likely to have been written by Gay's friend and fellow Tory Alexander Pope. On 19 January 1730 the play, substantially rewritten by Gay who was now celebrated for his The Beggar's Opera, opened at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. The cast featured John Hippisley and Jane Egleton, who has both appeared in The Beggar's Opera. Other cast members included Thomas Chapman, Anthony Boheme, William Milward, Charles Hulett and Elizabeth Younger. It ran for three nights and this time Lintot paid £75 for the copyright to print it for sale. However, the play was never revived. (en)
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author	John Gay
premiere place	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Robert Wilks Anthony Boheme Charles Hulett Jane Egleton 1713 in literature William Milward Lacy Ryan Lisle's Tennis Court Dione (play) Margaret Bicknell John Gay Thomas Chapman (actor) Christopher Bullock (actor) Mary Porter (actress) Susanna Mountfort
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