The Country Lasses
The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor is a 1715 comedy play by the British writer Charles Johnson.
The original Drury Lane cast included Robert Wilks as Modely, Barton Booth as Heartwell, John [Mills (stage actor)|John Mills] as Freehold, Benjamin Johnson as Sir John English, Joe [Miller (actor)|Joe Miller] as Sneak, Richard Cross as Carbuncle, Henry Norris as Tim Shacklefigure, James Quin as Vulture, Susanna Mountfort as Flora, Hester Santlow as Aura. The play was dedicated to Thomas Pelham, Earl of Clare, a Whig (British [political party)|Whig] politician and patron of the arts.
It was a popular success and remained in the repertoire for the next century.