Some Account of the English Stage/Volume 2/She Gallants

She Gallants. Sir Toby Cusifle (a knight and a pimp)＝Underhill: Bellamour＝Betterton: Sir John Aery＝Bowen: Vaunter＝Dogget: Philabel (in love with Lucinda)＝Hodgson: Frederick＝Thurmond＝Courtall (twin-brother to Constantia)＝Bailey: Angelica＝Mrs. Bracegirdle: Lady Dorimen＝Mrs. Barry: Constantia＝Mrs. Bootell: Lucinda (niece to Lady Dorimen)＝Mrs. Bowman: Plackett (Lady Dorimen’s woman)＝Mrs. Leigh:—the She Gallants are Angelica and Constantia—Angelica is the daughter of Sir Toby Cusifle, who had brought her up in the country, and had not seen her for several years—Bellamour had entered into a matrimonial engagement with Angelica, but had deserted her, and made love to Lucinda—Angelica, in her disguise as a man, exposes Bellamour at Lady Dorimen’s—Lucinda breaks with him, and gives her hand to Philabel—Bellamour sends a challenge to Angelica—she meets him at the appointed place, but in the dress of a woman, and under a mask—a reconciliation takes place between them—Frederick and Constantia are mutually in love—she becomes a She Gallant—his four sisters are all in love with her—when they find her a woman, they are ready to tear her to pieces—Sir Toby takes a great fancy to Angelica—he promotes an affair between her and Lady Dorimen—in the 4th act Lady Dorimen gives Angelica the plainest hints of what she wishes—Angelica of course cannot avail herself of them—the scene is a very good one—this C. was written by Granville, afterwards Lord Lansdown—Downes says this play was “extraordinary witty, and well acted, but offending the ears of some Ladies, who set up for chastity, it made its exit”—it was revived at D. L. in 1746—see March 13 and April 5.