Susannah Centlivre, The Basset Table

Laura Favero Carraro (Università degli Studi di Padova)

Ed. by Janet Todd, University of Cambridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1705

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Comedy
Play

Resources

Although it only ran for four nights and was never revived, Susanna Centlivre's sixth play, The Basset Table (1705), is, theatrically speaking, a good play, with a well-constructed plot, captivatingly mimetic language, and a gallery of lively contemporary humours. Some of the issues it deals with came increasingly to the fore in later years, such as the question of women's role when outside the “Lady's Province”. It was probably the work of a highly motivated author who contravened some of her established practices in writing it and felt it necessary to write a second play on apparently the same topic as her earlier play of the same year, The Gamester. As in The Gamester the theme of the necessary reform of the g…

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Citation: Carraro, Laura Favero. "The Basset Table". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 June 2002 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=9997, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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