Ways and Means, or A trip to Dover (Play)
Variants: Den ubesindige Gæstfrihed eller Rejsen til Dover (Danish)
ProseComedyEnglish
Published in: United Kingdom
Place represented: Dover
VIAF:
ISNI:
Contributors
| Person | Functions |
|---|---|
| George Colman | Playwright |
Links
| Link | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Full text (English) | Text |
Important years
| Original publication | First performance |
|---|---|
| 1788 CE | 1788 CE |
Acts / scenes
| Acts |
|---|
| 3 |
Characters
| Character Name | Gender | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir David Dunder | Male | ||
| Random | Male | son | |
| Scruple | Male | ||
| Old Random | Male | father | |
| Carney | Male | ||
| Tiptoe | Male | ||
| Paul Peery | Male | Husband, host/hostess | |
| Roundsee | Male | ||
| Quirk | Male | ||
| Lady Dunder | Female | ||
| Harriet | Female | ||
| Kitty | Female | ||
| Mrs Peery | Female | wife | |
| French waiter | Male | ||
| English waiter | Male | ||
| Bailiff | Male | bailiff | |
| Servants (Ways and Means) | Male | ||
| Packet and coach passengers |
Productions of this work
Ways and Means, or A trip to Dover by The Royal Danish Theatre (1798 AD)
Performances
| Date | Place | |
|---|---|---|
| 1798-02-13 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1798-02-19 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1798-03-01 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1798-04-26 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1798-10-01 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1799-01-17 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1799-11-29 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1800-03-27 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1800-12-30 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv |
Works
| Title | |
|---|---|
| Ways and Means, or A trip to Dover |
Organisations
| Organisation name | Aliases | VIAF | ISNI | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Danish Theatre |
Contributors
| Person | Functions |
|---|---|
| Ernst Walterstorff | Translator |