City Politiques
| City Politiques | |
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| Original language | English |
| Written by | John Crowne |
| Genre | Restoration Comedy |
| Setting | Naples, 1616–1620 |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 19 January 1683 |
| Place | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London |
City Politiques is a 1683 comedy play by the English writer John Crowne.[1] It was first performed by the United Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane by the recently formed United Company. The original cast are not known.[2]
It came at the time of the Tory Reaction to the earlier Popish Plot and Exclusion Crisis, and was of numerous plays of the time that ridiculed the Whig party.[3] It is set during the 1610s in the southern Italian city of Naples, then under Spanish rule.
References
- ↑ "John Crowne". EBSCO Information Services, Inc. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- ↑ Van Lennep p.318
- ↑ Johnson p.32
Bibliography
- Johnson, Odai. Rehearsing the Revolution: Radical Performance, Radical Politics in the English Restoration. University of Delaware Press, 2000.
- Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
- White, Arthur Franklin. John Crowne: His Life and Dramatic Works. Routledge, 2019.