The New Peerage

The New Peerage is a 1787 comedy play by the British writer Harriet [Lee |Harriet Lee].
The original cast included Thomas [King |Thomas King] as Mr Vandercrap, John Bannister as Lord Melville, Richard Suett as Sir John Lovelace, John Hayman Packer as Medley, John [Phillimore |John Phillimore] as Allen, Richard Wroughton as Charles, Anna Maria Crouch as Miss Harley and Elizabeth Farren as Lady Charlotte Courteney. The prologue was written by Richard [Cumberland |Richard Cumberland].