The Recruiting Officer
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The Recruiting Officer is a Restoration-era comedy play by George Farquhar that satirizes military recruitment and romantic entanglements in an English provincial town.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Recruiting Officer canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Restoration comedy
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| author | George Farquhar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1706 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAt | Drury Lane Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1706 ⓘ |
| genre |
Restoration comedy
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
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television adaptations ⓘ various stage revivals ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Captain Brazen
NERFINISHED
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Captain Plume NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Balance NERFINISHED ⓘ Melinda NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergeant Kite NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | War of the Spanish Succession era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Captain Plume
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sylvia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a classic of Restoration comedy ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
farce
ⓘ
satire ⓘ witty dialogue ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and social status
ⓘ
courtship ⓘ deception ⓘ gender roles ⓘ |
| influenced | The Beggar’s Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | English Restoration theatre canon ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Restoration drama ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
military recruitment
ⓘ
romantic entanglements ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of military life in provincial England
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strong female roles ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| satirizes |
British Army recruitment practices
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social manners ⓘ |
| setting | English provincial town ⓘ |
| structure | five-act play ⓘ |
| theatricalPeriod | Restoration era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | early 18th century ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | George Farquhar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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