Event Comment: The
United Company. The date of the first performance is not precisely known, but the
Gentleman's Journal, April 1693 (issued in May) states that it followed
D'Urfey's comedy: And since that [
The Richmond Heiress] another by
Mr George Powell, call'd,
a very good Wife, which hath already been acted five times (p. 130). It is likely that
Powell's comedy first appeared late in April or very early in May. Dedication, Edition of 1693: The unexpected Success of this Play.
A Comparison between the Two Stages (p. 16):
Ramble: The next?
Sullen: A very good Wife. Ramble: That's almost a Solaecism: whose is't? Sullen: Oh an excellent Author's! one
George Powell's, the Player. Ramble. What was it's Fate? Sullen: Damn'd, damn'd, as it deserv'd
Performances
Mainpiece Title: A Very Good Wife
Performance Comment: Edition of 1693: Prologue [By Mr Congreve-Mr Hains; Epilogue-Mrs Knight; Courtwitt-Powell; Wellborn-Hodgson; Bonavent-Alexander [Verbruggen]; Squeezwit-Bowen; Venture-Bright; Hickman-Trafusis; Sneaksby-Hains; Aminadab-Cibber; Jeremy-Lee; Crack-Lawson; Annabella-Mrs Mountfort; Widow Lacy-Mrs Knight; Carroll-Mrs Lassels; Mrs Sneaksby-Mrs Lee.Related Works
Related Work: A Very Good Wife Author(s): George Powell