A Discourse Upon Comedy

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Excerpt from A Discourse Upon Comedy: The Recruiting Officer and the Beaux StratagemSoon after the appearance of his first play, F arquhar rendered as service to the stage by the discovery of Anne Oldfield. By reason of his retiring nature (his German biographers will have it) the young dramatist frequented quiet taverns in preference to the wit haunted coffee-houses. It was in the Mitre that he accidentally heard the sixteen-year old niece of the hostess reading from The Scornful Lady. Impressed with her talent, he enlisted Vanbrugh's interest. This resulted in her engagement by Rich. The actress and playwright became intimate friends. She created the parts of Silvia and Mrs. Sullen in his last comedies, and is believed to have been the Penelope to whom some of his letters are addressed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.