Details

The 'Beaux': Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their 'Stratagem': to marry for money. Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest. But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered. First performed in 1707.

Cast/Performers

Denis Delahunt, Victoria Lathan Kelly, Jennie Latham, Oliver Laundy, Andrew Lawden, Lucy Le Messurier, Batrice Rose, Gareth Rubin, Lane Paul Stewart, Paul Strickland, Susanna Tidy, Johnny Vivash, Hadleigh Wood

Creatives/Company

Author: George Farquhar
Company: Centurion Theatre Company
Director: Michael Sargent