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Elizabeth Polewhele (ca. 1651–ca. 1691), playwright, was one of the first women to write for the professional stage in London.^[1] Her comedy The Frolicks was performed at the Dorset Garden Theatre in 1671; it features Claribell, a witty Restoration heroine, and Rightwit, a rake.

Plays

Elysium (lost)
The Faithful Virgins (ca. 1670; manuscript)
The Frolicks, or, The Lawyer Cheated (1671)

References

^ Janet Todd (1987). "Elizabeth Polwhele". In Janet M. Todd (ed.). A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800. Rowman & Allanheld. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-8476-7125-0.

Milhous, Judith. “Polewheele, E. (1651?–1691?).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. 16 November 2006.
Wynne-Davies, Marion. "Polwhele, Elizabeth (?1651-1691) English Restoration dramatist." Dictionary of English Literature, Bloomsbury, 1997.

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[Todd1987-1] Janet Todd (1987). "Elizabeth Polwhele". In Janet M. Todd (ed.). A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800. Rowman & Allanheld. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-8476-7125-0.

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-'''Elizabeth Polewhele''' (ca. 1651–ca. 1691), playwright, was one of the first women to write for the professional stage in [[London]].<ref name="Todd1987">{{cite book|author=Janet Todd|editor=Janet M. Todd|title=A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K4EYAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Rowman & Allanheld|isbn=978-0-8476-7125-0|page=259|chapter=Elizabeth Polwhele}}</ref> Her comedy ''The Frolicks'' was performed at the [[Dorset Garden Theatre]] in 1671; it features Claribell, a witty Restoration heroine, and Rightwit, a rake.
+'''Elizabeth Polewhele''' (ca. 1651–ca. 1691), [[playwright]], was one of the first women to write for the professional stage in [[London]].<ref name="Todd1987">{{cite book|author=Janet Todd|editor=Janet M. Todd|title=A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K4EYAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Rowman & Allanheld|isbn=978-0-8476-7125-0|page=259|chapter=Elizabeth Polwhele}}</ref> Her comedy ''The Frolicks'' was performed at the [[Dorset Garden Theatre]] in 1671; it features Claribell, a witty Restoration heroine, and Rightwit, a rake.
 ==Plays==