Tuesday 30 April 2019

The Recruiting officer 1706

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George FARQUHAR  himself a recruiting officer, and possibly gathered all the materials for this play on the very spot where he has placed his scene—Shrewsbury. He has dedicated the piece "to all friends round the Wrekin," and has thanked the inhabitants of the town for that cheerful hospitality, which made, he adds, "the recruiting service, to some men the greatest fatigue on earth, to me the greatest pleasure in the world."
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Have posted about this famous play before but I found the above image so I thought it worth posting again.   See ebook 

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