As You Find It


As You Find It is a 1703 comedy play by the English writer Charles [Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery|Charles Boyle], later Earl of Orrery. His grandfather Roger Boyle, [1st Earl of Orrery] had also been a playwright. In style it is much closer to traditional Restoration comedy, than the developing trend for Sentimental comedy.
Staged at the Lincoln's [Inn Fields Theatre] in London, the cast featured John Verbruggen as Hartley, Thomas Doggett as Sir Abel Single, Thomas Betterton as Bevil, George [Pack |George Pack] as Jack Single, George Powell as Ledger, John Bowman as Sir Pert, Anne Bracegirdle as Orinda, Elizabeth Bowman as Mrs Hartley, Elizabeth Barry as Eugenia and Elinor Leigh as Chloris.