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The Russian girl
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A drawing room comedy featuring Richard Vaisey, an English expert on Russian literature, who falls for a Russian poetess. He is reluctant to leave his wife because she has lots of money and when he finally takes the plunge he discovers, to his regret, she also has lots of imagination--for revenge.
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The Tamer Tam'd
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Adaptation from the Jacobean comedy written by John Fletcher first published in 1647. This version was probably altered by Garrick although it is not on any list of works edited by him. The play is a sequel to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The gender roles are reversed and it is the husband Petruchio who is 'tamed' by his wife Maria.
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The Discovery
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Comedy surrounding marriage and betrothal, in which Louisa Medway is engaged to Sir Anthony Branville, who is a notorious bore.
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Art and Nature
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A domestic comedy. 'Truth is mighty and shall prevail' appears in Latin on the title page.
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