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Stolen Heiress

by Susanna Centlivre

Claiming that his son has died while away, Lord Gravello makes it appear that his daughter is now "the Heir to all [his] vast Revenues, and pester'd with more Suitors than the Grecian Queen, in the long Absence of her Lord. You'll have the Dons, Lords and Dukes swarm about your House like Bees." But the scheming does not go as planned in this comedy by one of the most successful female playwrights. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Governor of Palermo: Greg Giordano Count Pirro, Nephew to the Governor: redrun Gravello, a Sicilian Lord, Father to Lucasia: ToddHW Larich, his Brother: HelloCentral Lord Euphenes, an old Sicilian General: Algy Pug Palante, Son to Euphenes, but unknown in Love with Lucasia: Beeswaxcandle Clerimont, his Friend: David Purdy Eugenio, Son to Gravello in Disguise under the Name of Irus: Inkell Alphonso, formerly an Officer under Euphenes: Jim Locke Francisco, in Love with Lavinia: Adrian Stephens Sancho, a Pedant, bred at Salamanca, design'd by Larich, a Husband for