The Conscious Lovers

E166399

play sentimental comedy stage comedy

The Conscious Lovers is an early 18th-century sentimental comedy by Richard Steele that helped popularize the genre on the English stage.

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Label	Occurrences
The Conscious Lovers canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	play ⓘ sentimental comedy ⓘ stage comedy ⓘ
aimedAt	middle-class audiences ⓘ
associatedWith	London theatre of the early 18th century ⓘ
author	Richard Steele ⓘ
centuryOfWork	18th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dramaticForm	five-act play ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1722 ⓘ
firstPerformedAt	Theatre Royal Drury Lane ⓘ surface form: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
firstPublisher	Jacob Tonson ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ sentimental comedy ⓘ
hasAlternativeClassification	comedy of sentiment ⓘ
hasCharacter	Bevil Junior ⓘ Bevil Senior ⓘ Indiana ⓘ Lucinda ⓘ Myrtle ⓘ Sealand ⓘ Tom ⓘ
hasEpilogueBy	Richard Steele ⓘ
hasMoralTone	didactic ⓘ
hasPrologueBy	Richard Steele ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter	courtship and moral reform ⓘ
hasTheme	filial duty ⓘ marriage based on affection ⓘ social decorum ⓘ virtue ⓘ
helpedPopularize	sentimental comedy on the English stage ⓘ
historicalContext	post-Restoration English theatre ⓘ
influenced	development of 18th-century sentimental drama ⓘ
isWrittenIn	prose ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Augustan literature ⓘ
movement	sentimentalism ⓘ
notableFor	replacing coarse Restoration comedy elements with moral sentiment ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
premiereYear	1722 ⓘ
publicationDate	1722 ⓘ
setting	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
theatreOfFirstPerformance	Drury Lane Theatre ⓘ
writer	Richard Steele ⓘ

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Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre → notableProduction → The Conscious Lovers ⓘ

Richard Steele → wrote → The Conscious Lovers ⓘ