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Duplicity
Written by	Thomas Holcroft
Date premiered	13 October 1781
Place premiered	Covent Garden Theatre, London
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

Duplicity is a 1781 comedy play by the British writer Thomas Holcroft.

The original Covent Garden cast included John Henderson as Mr Osborne, William Thomas Lewis as Sir Harry Portland, Richard Wilson as Sir Hornet Armstrong, Charles Lee Lewes as Squire Turnbull, John Edwin as Timid, Ralph Wewitzer as Mr Vandervelt, William Stevens as Scrip, Sarah Maria Wilson as Miss Turnbull, Elizabeth Inchbald as Melissa, Ann Pitt as Mrs Trip and Elizabeth Younge as Clara.

References

1. Hogan p.466
2. Nicoll p.270
3. Hogan p.466

Bibliography

• Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume III. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
• Hogan, C.B (ed.) The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.

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