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Tony Lumpkin is the son of Mrs Hardcastle and stepson to Mr Hardcastle. It is as a result of his practical joking that the comic aspects of the play are set up. When he accidentally meets Charles Marlow and his friend Hastings, who are coming to see Tony's parents in order to put Marlow forward as a
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Tony is promised in marriage to his cousin, Constance Neville, which he despises, and therefore he assists in her plans to elope with Hastings. Tony takes an interest in horses, "Bet Bouncer" and especially the alehouse, where he joyfully sings with members of the lower-classes. It is Tony's initial
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suitor to Tony's stepsister Kate, he deliberately misdirects them, causing them to believe that the house where they are bound is an inn and that the Hardcastles are its landlord and landlady.
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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Garrick to Gyngell
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The play was still popular in England in the mid-nineteenth century, where it was being played by the likes of
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and that he lampooned his friend, Nicholas Lumpkin, by turning him into his famous creation, Tony Lumpkin.
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in Wisbech, the town where the real Lumpkin moved to from Leverington after spending all his money.
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before the production. The character became so popular that he was later used in a 1778
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Reportedly the part was originally intended for the Irish actor
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Cartoon portraits and biographical sketches of men of the day
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deception of Marlow, for a joke, which sets up the plot.
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Lionel Brough
Frederick Waddy
Oliver Goldsmith's
She Stoops to Conquer
Leverington
Wisbech
William Hamilton
John Quick
afterpiece
Tony Lumpkin in Town
John O'Keeffe
Lionel Brough
Angles Theatre
"Wisbech Standard"
Cartoon portraits and biographical sketches of men of the day
Frederick Waddy
"Wisbech Standard"
Categories
Characters in plays
Theatre characters introduced in 1773
Male characters in theatre
Comedy theatre characters

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