The Half-Pay Officers

The Half-Pay Officers is a 1720 comedy play by the Irish writer Charles Molloy. The play included popular scenes from Henry V, Much [Ado About Nothing] and Love and [Honour (play)|Love and Honour]. It proved popular with audiences and was revived on a number of occasions. It premiered with the farce Hob's Wedding as an afterpiece.
The original cast at Lincoln's Inn [Fields Theatre|Lincoln's Inn Fields] included Lacy Ryan as Bellayr, Benjamin [Griffin (actor)|Benjamin Griffin] as Fluellin, Christopher Bullock as Meagre, Anthony Boheme as Jaspar and John Harper as Loadham. The premiere was attended by George [II of Great Britain|George Prince of Wales].