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Henry Fielding's early plays
The early plays of Henry Fielding mark the beginning of Fielding's literary career. His early plays span the time period from his first production in 1728 to the beginning of the Actor's Rebellion of 1733, a strife within the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane that divided the theatrical community and threatened to disrupt London stage performances. These plays introduce Fielding's take on politics, gender, and morality and serve as an early basis for how Fielding develops his ideas on these matters throughout his career.
==Background==
Fielding first produced a play in February 1728. Although his first production, ''Love in Several Masques'', lasted only a few nights, it was the start of his career in theatre.〔Rivero 1989 p. 6〕 On 16 March 1728, Fielding enrolled at the University of Leyden, but he did not abandon the theatre. His early plays were those of an amateur hobby, but he later returned to London to earn a living. Arthur Murphy, in his 1762 biographical introduction to Fielding's works, believed that Fielding returned to London and treated the theatre as a career because his father stopped an allowance of 200 pounds a year.〔Hume 1988 pp. 34–35〕
However, there is little evidence that Fielding lacked funds, or that such a lack of funds would cause him to leave Leyden to return to writing plays; Fielding eventually returned to Leyden on 22 February 1729. It is not know when or why Fielding left the school, but he produced ''The Temple Beau'' on 26 January 1730, which suggests that he returned to London by November 1729.〔Hume 1988 pp. 35–37〕 By the time of his return, he had three plays, either still in draft form or complete: ''Don Quixote in England'', ''The Wedding-Day'' and ''The Temple Beau''. Of these, only ''The Temple Beau'' was accepted for the stage.〔Hume 1988 p. 45〕
When Fielding returned to working with the Royal Theatre, his piece ''The Lottery'' became an immediate success and lasted for decades after.〔Hume 1988 p. 120〕 Combined with ''The Modern Husband'', Fielding could have received up to 1,000 pounds from the plays' first run. This placed Fielding at the position of being the main contributor of plays to the Royal Theatre.〔Hume 1988 pp. 126–129〕 Currently, Fielding is primarily viewed as a novelist, but his plays suggest that he wished to be a playwright and that his career would be in theatre.〔Hume 1988 p. vii〕 Although Fielding wrote twenty-six plays, only a handful of them were ever published in critical editions before 1990.〔Rivero 1989 p. xi〕
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