OR, THE

FOP'S FORTUNE.

A

COMEDY.

BY COLLEY CIBBER, Esq.

ADAPTED FOR

THEATRICAL REPRESENTATION,

AS PERFORMED AT THE

THEATRES-ROYAL,

DRURY-LANE AND COVENT-GARDEN.

REGULATED FROM THE PROMPT-BOOKS,
By Permission of the Managers.

"The Lines distinguished by inverted Commas, are omitted in the Representation."

LONDON:

Printed for the Proprietors, under the Direction of
JOHN BELL, British Library, STRAND,
Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

M DCC XCI.

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THIS very pleasing Comedy is a modernization by
COLLEY CIBBER from two of the Plays of Beaumont
and Fletcher-The ELDER BROTHER and the Cus
TOM OF THE COUNTRY.

It is not one of those powerful productions of the mind, wherein every scene affords a lesson for conduct, and every character a mirror of being.-It is also not one of those flimsy insipidities in which there is neither dialogue nor decency, character nor incident-But, with its personages well opposed, and some strong writing and humorous oddity, it is likely to stand its ground as long as mankind agree to divert their spleen by laughing at a Coxcomb.

Note. With the Careless Husband will be given a Character of Cibber.