The Country Attorney

The Country Attorney is a 1787 comic play by the British writer Richard Cumberland. It was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre on 7 July 1787.[1] The play was reworked and much of it used again by Cumberland for the 1789 play The School for Widows.

The Country Attorney
Written by	Richard Cumberland
Date premiered	7 July 1787
Place premiered	Haymarket Theatre
Genre	Comedy

References

1. Watson p.1968

Bibliography

• Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Volume III: Late Eighteenth Century Drama. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
• Watson, George. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971.