The Fashionable Lady (original) (raw)

The Fashionable Lady is a 1730 comedy play by James Ralph. It premiered at the Goodman's Fields Theatre in Whitechapel with a cast that included as Meanwell, James Lacy as Drama, Thomas Smith as Whim and Anna Marcella Giffard as Mrs Sprightly. The play has been described as "a hyperbolic take-off on The Beggar's Opera." It was a moderate success and poked fun at the sorry state of English drama, uncritical acceptance of Italian opera, and the stupidity of theater managers.