The Busie Body
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The Busie Body
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The Busie Body is a Restoration comedy written by Susanna Centlivre and first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1709. It focuses on the legalities of what constitutes a marriage, and how children might subvert parental power over whom they can marry. The Busie Body was the most popular female authored-play of the eighteenth century, and became a stock piece of most anglophone theatres during the period. The original Drury Lane cast featured Robert Wilks as Sir George Airy, Richard Estcourt
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1709 play
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Busie_Body
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2023-05-01T04:52:07Z
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