22 April 1721
          Event Information
          
        
      Theatre:
            Drury Lane Theatre          
          Theatrical Season:
            1720-1721          
          Volume:
            2          
          Comments:
                      
          
        Mainpiece
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Work Title:
                          The Revenge                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1721                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                         
                         
                                        Edward Young                                    (1683 - 1765) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Work Title:
                          Bussy D'Ambois; or, The Husbands Revenge                        
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                                        Thomas D'Urfey                                    (1653? - 1723) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Work Title:
                          Revenge for Honour (The Parricide)                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1654                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        Henry Glapthorne                                    (1610 - ) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:Revenge for honour
 
                                        Author(s):Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.; Glapthorne, Henry. Paraside. 1654.
 
                                        Publication Date:1654
 
                                      Work Title:
                          The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1664                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        Sir George Etherege                                    (1636 - 1691/2) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:The comical revenge; or, love in a tub
 
                                        Author(s):Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691.
 
                                        Publication Date:1664
 
                                      Work Title:
                          Love and Revenge                         
                        Associated Date?:
                          1675                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        Elkanah Settle                                    (1648 - 1724) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:Love and revenge
 
                                        Author(s):Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.
 
                                        Publication Date:1675
 
                                      Work Title:
                          Abdelazer; or, The Moor's Revenge                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1677                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        Aphra Behn                                    (1640? - 1689) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:Abdelazer, or The Moor's revenge
 
                                        Author(s):Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
 
                                        Publication Date:1677
 
                                      Work Title:
                          Wits Led by the Nose; or, A Poet's Revenge                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1678                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        William Chamberlayne                                    (1619 - 1689) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:Wits led by the nose; or, A poet's revenge
 
                                        Author(s):Chamberlayne, William, 1619-1689.
 
                                        Publication Date:1678
 
                                      Work Title:
                          The Revenge; or, A Match in Newgate                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1680                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        Aphra Behn                                    (1640? - 1689) 
                                
 
                               
                                                                                           
                                        Thomas Betterton                                    (1635 - 1710) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:The revenge: or, A match in Newgate
 
                                        Author(s):Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710.; Marston, John, 1575?-1634.
 
                                        Publication Date:1680
 
                                      Work Title:
                          The Ambitious Slave; or, A Generous Revenge                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1694                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        Elkanah Settle                                    (1648 - 1724) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:The ambitious slave: or, a generous revenge
 
                                        Author(s):Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.
 
                                        Publication Date:1694
 
                                      Work Title:
                          The Unhappy Kindness; or, A Fruitless Revenge                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1697                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        Thomas Scott                                     
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:The unhappy kindness: or A fruitless revenge
 
                                        Author(s):Scott, Mr. (Thomas), fl. 1696-1697.; Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. Wife for a month.
 
                                        Publication Date:1697
 
                                      Work Title:
                          The Roman Bride's Revenge                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1697                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        Charles Gildon                                     
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:The Roman brides revenge
 
                                        Author(s):Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724.
 
                                        Publication Date:1697
 
                                      Work Title:
                          A Woman's Revenge                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1715                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                         
                         
                                        Christopher Bullock                                    (1691 - 1722) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Work Title:
                          Le Furbarie per Vendetta; or, Brighella's Revenge Thwarted by Argentina: With divers Transformations of Harlequin, viz                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1726                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                           
                        
 
                        
                                                         
                        Work Title:
                          Love and Revenge; or, The Vintner Outwitted                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1729                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                           
                        
 
                        
                                                         
                        Work Title:
                          The Lady’s Revenge; or, The Rover Reclaim'd                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1734                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        William Popple                                     
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:The lady's revenge
 
                                        Author(s):Popple, William, 1701-1764.
 
                                        Publication Date:1734
 
                                      Work Title:
                          Cupid's Revenge                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1772                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        Francis Gentleman                                    (1728 - 1784) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:Cupid's revenge: an Arcadian pastoral
 
                                        Author(s):Gentleman, Francis, 1728-1784.
 
                                        Publication Date:1772
 
                                      Work Title:
                          The Wives Revenged                        
                        Associated Date?:
                          1778                        
                        Associated Playwright(s)?:
                                                                                                                    
 
                        
                                                                                     
                                        Charles Dibdin                                    (1745 - 1814) 
                                
 
                               
                             
                           
                        Print Witness(es)
Title:The wives revenged
 
                                        Author(s):Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
 
                                        Publication Date:1778
 
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