Art and Nature

Art and Nature is a 1738 comedy play by the British writer James Miller. The play received a rough reception from what Miller described a "faction" in the Drury Lane audience, and its run was not extended beyond a single night. He described its subsequent publication as an attempt to vindicate himself.^[1]

Art and Nature
Written by	James Miller
Date premiered	16 February 1738
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

The original Drury Lane cast included Benjamin Griffin as Sir Simon Dupe, William Mills as Truemore, James Quin as Outside, Theophilus Cibber as Julio, Joe Miller as Jeffrey, Richard Winstone as Constable, Margaret Mills as Flaminia and Kitty Clive as Violetta.

References

1. The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737-1832 p.138

Bibliography

• Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Nicoll, Allardyce. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 2. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
• Swindells, Julia & Taylor, David Francis. The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737-1832. OUP, 2014.