''Fortune's Fool'' is a 1796

comedy play Comedy is a genre of dramatic performance having a light or humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents and in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity. For ancient Greeks and Romans, a comedy was a stage-play with a happy endi ...

by the English writer Frederick Reynolds. It was first staged at the

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. The original cast included

William Thomas Lewis William Thomas Lewis (c.1748–1811), known as "Gentleman" Lewis, due to his refined acting style, was an English actor. Raised in Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, he made his name on the Dublin stage before moving to the Theatre Royal, Covent Gard ...

as Ap-Hazard,

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as Sir Charles Danvers, John Quick as Sir Bamber Blackletter,

John Fawcett John Fawcett may refer to: In the arts *John Fawcett (actor died 1793), British actor *John Fawcett (actor) (1768–1837), his son, English actor and playwright *John Fawcett (director) (born 1968), Canadian director of film and television *John Fa ...

as Tom Seymour,

William Macready William Charles Macready (3 March 179327 April 1873) was an English stage actor. The son of Irish actor-manager William Macready the Elder he emerged as a leading West End performer during the Regency era. Career Macready was born in London ...

as Orville and

Isabella Mattocks Isabella Mattocks (1746 – June 25, 1826) was a British actress and singer. Early life Hallam (later Mattocks) was baptised in Whitechapel in 1746 by Lewis and Sarah Hallam. Her father and her uncle William were also actors. Her grandfather T ...

as Miss Union.Hogan p.1909-10

References

Bibliography

* Hogan, C.B (ed.) ''The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. * Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Volume III: Late Eighteenth Century Drama''. Cambridge University Press, 1952. Plays by Frederic Reynolds 1796 plays West End plays Comedy plays Plays set in London {{18thC-play-stub