The Author’s Farce
The Author’s Farce is a play by Henry Fielding, first performed on 30 March 1730 at the Little Theatre, Haymarket. Written in response to the Theatre Royal’s rejection of his earlier plays, it was Fielding’s first theatrical success. The first and second acts deal with the attempts of the central character, Harry Luckless, to woo his landlady’s daughter. The third...
