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The Busie Body is a Restoration comedy written by Susanna Centlivre and first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1709. It focuses on the legalities of what constitutes a marriage, and how children might subvert parental power over whom they can marry. [ 2 ]
Susanna Centlivre wrote a successful play, The Busie Body, which was first performed in 1709 and has been revived repeatedly since. It is a farce in which Marplot interferes in the romantic affairs of his friends and, despite being well-meaning, frustrates them.
Centlivre's The Busie Body. In 1705, Centlivre, in a brief moment away from the theatre, wrote a complimentary poem for a collection by Sarah Fyge Egerton. Centlivre continued the gambling theme in her next play entitled The Basset Table, performed in November 1705. Although not explicit regarding its authorship, this play's Epilogue indirectly ...
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Hippisley as Sir Francis Gripe in The Busie Body. John Hippisley (14 January 1696 – 12 February 1748) [1] was an English comic actor and playwright. He appeared at Lincoln's Inn Fields and Covent Garden in London, and was the original Peachum in The Beggar's Opera.
The Busie Body; The Business of Murder; Busiris, King of Egypt; Bussy D'Ambois (1691 play) But for the Grace of God (play) Butley (play) C. The Cabinet Minister ...