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The Beaux' Stratagem (Theatre)
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The Beaux' Stratagem is a 1707 play, a Restoration Comedy by the Irish playwright George Farquhar.Set in Lichfield, it tells the tale of Aimwell and Archer, two young men from wealthy backgrounds who've now fallen on hard times. As a last option before giving up and enlisting in the army, they opt to pose as master and servant, travel the country and con eligible young women out of their riches.In Lichfield, they target Dorinda, daughter of Lady Bountiful, but their plans become unexpectedly tangled. Aimwell fears that Archer will genuinely fall in love with one of the women of Lichfield. Meanwhile, Dorinda's sister-in-law, trapped in an unhappy marriage to Squire Sullen, wants a way to make her doltish husband jealous...And then there's Boniface, landlord of the inn where the two travellers stay, who rightly suspects they're rogues, but mistakes them for villains of a very different kind, and fears they might be unwanted competition for his own schemes. | |
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Honor Among Thieves | |
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Honor Among Thieves: Boniface is a crook who claims to have a code of honor, but it's subverted when he states that he'll only deal with his own faction honorably. | |
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Funetik Aksent: Foigard's strong accent is represented by phonetic dialogue. | |
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Meaningful Name: Aimwell and Archer are both con men, very focused on their targets. Lady Bountiful is benevolent and well-liked. Squire Sullen is a drunken, uncommunicative dolt, described as "a country blockhead" in the dramatis personae. Gibbet is a highwayman, named after the gallows used to execute such outlaws. | |
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George Lucas Altered Version | |
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George Lucas Altered Version: Farquhar significantly rewrote the play after its first few performances, changing the last two acts and entirely removing the character of Count Bellairs. As of 2023, both versions have endured in print. | |
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Restoration Comedy | |
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Restoration Comedy: As with Farquhar's earlier work, it's very much a Restoration comedy, taking advantage of the newly permissive culture to tell a humorous tale of lustful scoundrels. | |
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Pilfering Proprietor | |
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Pilfering Proprietor: the innkeeper Boniface, who is in league with a gang of highwaymen, conspires with them to burgle the home of the local noblewoman (who owns the land that the tavern is on), in addition to planning to rob the protagonists, who he mistakenly believes are also highwaymen (but fair game because they aren't part of his gang). Somewhat downplayed in that he is a comedic character, which probably explains why boniface entered the English language as a term for an (implicitly benevolent) innkeeper. | |
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The Highwayman | |
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Gibbet is a highwayman, named after the gallows used to execute such outlaws. | |
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Con Man | |
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Aimwell and Archer are both con men, very focused on their targets. | |
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Nosebleed | |
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Nosebleed: Aimwell plans to visit the church, fix his attention on a suitable young lady, and then bring on a nosebleed through force of will. He hopes this shall signal his interest while making him seem more reputable and innocent than his true character. | |
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Awful Wedded Life | |
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Awful Wedded Life: Squire Sullen and his wife loathe each other. But her money funds the squire's booze and lifestyle, so he's unwilling to end the marriage. | |
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