The Country Attorney

The Country Attorney is a 1787 comic play by the British writer Richard Cumberland. It was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre on 7 July 1787.[1] The play was reworked and much of it used again by Cumberland for the 1789 play The School for Widows.

The Country Attorney
Written byRichard Cumberland
Date premieredJuly 7, 1787 (1787-07-07)
Place premieredHaymarket Theatre

References

  1. Watson p.1968

Bibliography

  • Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Volume III: Late Eighteenth Century Drama. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
  • Watson, George. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971.


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