The Bath Unmasked

The Bath Unmasked
Written by	Gabriel Odingsells
Date premiered	27 February 1725
Place premiered	Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

The Bath Unmasked is a 1725 comedy play by the British writer Gabriel Odingsells. The action takes place in the fashionable spa town of Bath.

Staged at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London it lasted for six performances, considered a reasonable run for a comedy at the time. The original cast included Lacy Ryan as Sprightly, Anthony Boheme as Wiseman, John Egleton as Pander, John Hippisley as Sir Captious, Richard Diggs as Sharper, Jane Egleton as Lady Ambsace, Jane Rogers as Liberia, Henrietta Morgan as Tippet, Anne Parker as Cleora and Thomas Walker as Frippou.

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