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''London Assurance'' (originally titled ''Out of Town'') is a six-act comedy by Dion Boucicault. It was the second play that he wrote, but his first to be produced. Its first production, from 4 March 1841 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (by Charles Matthews and Madame Vestris's company) was Boucicault's first major success. ==Characters== *Sir Harcourt Courtly, cultured 57-year-old fop *Charles Courtly, his dissolute son *Dazzle, Charles' equally dissolute companion *Max Harkaway, country squire *Grace Harkaway, Max's 18-year-old niece, betrothed to Sir Harcourt *Lady Gay Spanker, horse-riding virago *Mr. Adolphus "Dolly" Spanker, her ineffectual husband *Mark Meddle, lawyer *Pert, Grace's maid *Cool, Charles' valet *James (Simpson) *Martin, servant to the Courtlys *Solomon Isaacs, moneylender, in pursuit of Charles〔Noël Coward used the name of "Solomon Isaacs" in ''Private Lives'' as a catch-word in the main characters' arguments.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「London Assurance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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