{{Short description|1702 play by William Burnaby}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox play | name =The Modish Husband | image = | image_size = | caption = | writer = William Burnaby | setting = | date of premiere = January 1702<ref>Burling p.29</ref> | original language = English | place = Drury Lane Theatre | series = | subject = | genre = Comedy }} '''''The Modish Husband''''' is a 1702 comedy play by the English writer William Burnaby. It is in the Restoration-style comedy of manners.<ref>Nicoll p.153</ref>
Staged at the Drury Lane Theatre in London, the cast included Robert Wilks as Lionel, Colley Cibber as Lord Promise, Anne Oldfield as Camilla, Susanna Verbruggen as Lady Cringe, Jane Rogers as Lady Promise, William Bullock as Harry and William Pinkethman as Will Fanlove.
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==Bibliography== * Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992. * Lowerre, Kathryn. ''Music and Musicians on the London Stage, 1695-1705''. Routledge, 2017.
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