# The Counterfeits

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{{Short description|1678 play}}
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| name              =The Counterfeits
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| writer            = [John Leanerd](/source/John_Leanerd)
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| date of premiere  = 28 May 1678
| original language = English
| place             = [Dorset Garden Theatre](/source/Dorset_Garden_Theatre), [London](/source/London)
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| subject           = 
| genre             = [Restoration Comedy](/source/Restoration_Comedy)
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'''''The Counterfeits''''' is a 1678 [comedy play](/source/comedy_play) by the English writer [John Leanerd](/source/John_Leanerd).<ref>Cranfield p.256</ref>  It was staged by the [Duke's Company](/source/Duke's_Company) at the [Dorset Garden Theatre](/source/Dorset_Garden_Theatre) with a cast that included [Anthony Leigh](/source/Anthony_Leigh) as Don Gomez, [Thomas Gillow](/source/Thomas_Gillow) as Don Luis, [Thomas Betterton](/source/Thomas_Betterton) as Vitelli, [Henry Harris](/source/Henry_Harris_(actor)) as Antonio, [Matthew Medbourne](/source/Matthew_Medbourne) as Carles, [William Smith](/source/William_Smith_(stage_actor)) as  Peralta, [Thomas Percival](/source/Thomas_Percival_(actor)) as Dormilon, [Cave Underhill](/source/Cave_Underhill) as Fabio, [Joseph Williams](/source/Joseph_Williams_(actor)) as Crispin, [John Richards](/source/John_Richards_(actor)) as Tonto, [Mary Lee](/source/Mary_Slingsby) as Elvira, [Emily Price](/source/Emily_Price_(actress)) as Violante and [Anne Shadwell](/source/Anne_Shadwell) as Flora.<ref>Van Lennep p.270</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Canfield, J. Douglas. ''Tricksters and Estates: On the Ideology of Restoration Comedy''. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
* Van Lennep, W. ''The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.

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