In this play, a husband tells his wife "if you can contrive any way of being a whore without making me a cuckold, do it", to which she replies: "you w
In this play, a husband tells his wife "if you can contrive any way of being a whore without making me a cuckold, do it", to which she replies: "you would allow me the sin but rob me of the pleasure". One character in this play sings a song in which every stanza mentions "trifles", while another character uses the phrase "as the saying is" in nearly all of his lines. When one character in this play entrusts another with a cashbox containing two hundred pounds, the latter begins to suspect the former of being a (*) highwayman. In this play, a priest who claims to be from Brussels is tricked into admitting that he's really Irish. The innkeeper's daughter Cherry warns one protagonist of this play about Gibbet's plan to rob the house of Lady Bountiful. Mrs. Sullen flirts with one of this play's protagonists, while the other marries Mrs. Sullen's sister-in-law Dorinda. For 10 points, name this Restoration comedy about the fortune-hunting schemes of Archer and Aimwell, by George Farquhar.
In this play, a husband tells his wife "if you can contrive any way of being a whore without making me a cuckold, do it", to which she replies: "you would allow me the sin but rob me of the pleasure".
The Beaux' Stratagem