Tony Lumpkin in Town
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Tony Lumpkin in Town is a 1778 British play by John O'Keeffe. It was intended as a sequel to the 1773 play She Stoops to Conquer
by Oliver Goldsmith
. It is centred around the character Tony Lumpkin
. It ran successfully at the Haymarket Theatre
in London.
She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, son of an Anglo-Irish vicar, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a great favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in Britain and the United States. It is one of the few plays from the 18th...
by Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish writer, poet and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield , his pastoral poem The Deserted Village , and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man and She Stoops to Conquer...
. It is centred around the character Tony Lumpkin
Tony Lumpkin
Tony Lumpkin is a fictional character who first appeared in Oliver Goldsmith's play, She Stoops to Conquer.Tony Lumpkin is the son of Mrs Hardcastle and stepson to Mr Hardcastle. It is as a result of his practical joking that the comic aspects of the play are set up...
. It ran successfully at the Haymarket Theatre
Haymarket Theatre
The Theatre Royal Haymarket is a West End theatre in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use...
in London.