1717 in Literature - New Drama

New Drama

  • John Durant Breval (as "Mr. Gay") - The Confederates (attack on John Gay, Alexander Pope, and the other members of the Scribblerus Club)
  • Christopher Bullock - The Perjuror
  • Susanna Centlivre - The Cruel Gift
  • Benjamin Griffin - The Masquerade
  • Charles Johnson - The Sultaness
  • Delarivière Manley - Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain
  • William Taverner - The Artful Husband
    • - The Artful Wife

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