Tom Essence

Tom Essence; Or, The Modish Wife is a 1676 comedy play by Thomas Rawlins, sometimes also attributed to Edward Ravenscroft. It was first performed at the Dorset [Garden Theatre] in London by the Duke's Company. Along with Thomas Otway's The Soldier's Fortune, it incorporated scenes from Molière's The [Imaginary Cuckold] in an otherwise unrelated plot.
The original Dorset Gardens cast included Anthony Leigh as Tom Essence, Thomas Percival as Old Monylove, John Crosby as Courtly, Henry Norris as Loveall, Thomas Gillow as Stanly, John Richards as Laurence, Margaret Hughes as Mrs. Monylove, Elizabeth Barry as Theodocia, Margaret [Osborne (actress)|Margaret Osborne] as Luce, and Anne Shadwell as Mrs. Essence.