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Love for Love
by William Congreve
"We have such a gallery, if not of great characters, at any rate of strongly-marked acting parts, as could not but ensure the success of the play... The plot was clear and simple, the action coherent and continuous, there is nothing to surprise us in the instantaneous triumph of Love for Love." - Summary by William Archer, editor, 1912 Cast list: Sir Sampson Legend, father to Valentine and Ben: Adrian Stephens Valentine, fallen under his father’s displeasure by his expensive way of living, in love with Angelica: Tommy Hersant Scandal, his friend, a free speaker: Andrew James Tattle, a half-witted beau, vain of his amours, yet valuing himself for secrecy: Son of the Exiles Ben, Sir Sampson’s younger son, half home-bred and half sea-bred, designed to marry Miss Prue: Tomas Peter Foresight, an illiterate old fellow, peevish and positive, superstitious, and pretending to understand astrology, palmistry, physiognomy, omens, dreams, etc.; uncle to Angelica: ToddHW Jeremy, servant to Valentin
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"We have such a gallery, if not of great characters, at any rate of strongly-marked acting parts, as could not but ensure the success of the play... The plot was clear and simple, the action coherent and continuous, there is nothing to surprise us in the instantaneous triumph of Love for Love." - Summary by William Archer, editor, 1912 Cast list: Sir Sampson Legend, father to Valentine and Ben: Adrian Stephens Valentine, fallen under his father’s displeasure by his expensive way of living, in love with Angelica: Tommy Hersant Scandal, his friend, a free speaker: Andrew James Tattle, a half-witted beau, vain of his amours, yet valuing himself for secrecy: Son of the Exiles Ben, Sir Sampson’s younger son, half home-bred and half sea-bred, designed to marry Miss Prue: Tomas Peter Foresight, an illiterate old fellow, peevish and positive, superstitious, and pretending to understand astrology, palmistry, physiognomy, omens, dreams, etc.; uncle to Angelica: ToddHW Jeremy, servant to Valentin
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