The Citizen

by Arthur Murphy. A farce in two acts, first performed performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden in 1761.

Originally offered in a three-act version, it was revised into a shorter, two-act version in 1762 and this version was then printed. The source for the play was a contemporary French play,

First published: 1763, for G. Kearsly [etc.]

Sources

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=ha009561078

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/citizen.-farce-as-it-is-performed/id483401340?mt=11

http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/prescrip/18thcComedy/plays/76_murp_citizen.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Murphy_(writer)

Bosman, 1928: pp. 73,

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