The Country Attorney
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The Country Attorney is a 1787 comic play by the British writer Richard Cumberland
. It was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre
on 7 July 1787. The play was reworked and much of it used again by Cumberland for the 1789 play The School for Widows.
Richard Cumberland (dramatist)
Richard Cumberland was a British dramatist and civil servant. In 1771 his hit play The West Indian was first staged. During the American War of Independence he acted as a secret negotiator with Spain in an effort to secure a peace agreement between the two nations. He also edited a short-lived...
. It was first performed 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...
on 7 July 1787. The play was reworked and much of it used again by Cumberland for the 1789 play The School for Widows.