Drama

Three Hours after Marriage

by John Gay

Gay wrote this farce with Pope and Arbuthnot in 1717: an old collector of curiosities, Dr Fossile, marries a young wife, and her lovers get into his house disguised as a mummy and a crocodile. The audience was not amused, and it closed after seven nights. It is the one play that the friends of the Scriblerus Club wrote together.

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Reading time

About 1 hr 50 min

Where to find it

Lilliput

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #37667. In the public domain in the United States.