{{Short description|1737 play}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox play | name = The Universal Passion | image = | image_size = | caption = | writer = James Miller | setting = | date of premiere = 28 February 1737<ref>Burling p.182</ref> | original language = English | place = Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | series = | subject = | genre = Comedy }} '''''The Universal Passion''''' is a 1737 comedy play by the British writer James Miller. It is a reworking of Shakespeare's ''Much Ado About Nothing''.<ref>Findlay p.6</ref>
The original Drury Lane cast included William Milward as Gratiano, William Mills as Bellario, James Quin as Protheus, Theophilus Cibber as Joculo, Edward Berry as Byron, Richard Winstone as Gremio, John Harper as Porco, Charles Macklin as Asino, Kitty Clive as Liberia and Hannah Pritchard as Delia.
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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. * Findlay, Allison. ''Much Ado About Nothing''. Macmillan, 2011. * Nicoll, Allardyce. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 2''. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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