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The Covent-Garden Tragedy
''The Covent-Garden Tragedy'' is a play by Henry Fielding that first appeared on 1 June 1732 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane alongside ''The Old Debauchees''. It is about a love triangle in a brothel involving two prostitutes. While they are portrayed satirically, they are imbued with sympathy as their relationship develops.
The play is a mockery of tragedy in general, but the characters contain realistic qualities separating them from other characters within Fielding's plays. This realism conflicts with the comedic nature. The play was a failure and ended its run after its first night, in part because it was set in a brothel. Contemporary critics noted the complete failure of the play and one implied that Fielding was acquainted with brothels. However, modern critics pointed out that the play was very good if not for its setting.
==Background==
''The Covent-Garden Tragedy'' appeared with ''The Old Debauchees'' on 1 June 1732. It was reported on 2 June by the ''Daily Post'' that both were well-received, but they retracted that claim on 5 June to say that only ''The Old Debauchees'' was well received. ''The Covent-Garden Tragedy'' was immediately ended after its first night because, according to Fielding, of the play's use of a brothel as a setting. Both plays were finished by 4 April 1732 when Fielding signed an agreement with John Watts to publish the plays for a sum of only 30 guineas.〔Hume 1988 pp. 129–132〕 It was finally published on 24 June 1732.〔Hume 1988 p. 135〕
Even though the first night fell apart, the play was performed again later; it eventually appeared again for four nights with ''Don Quixote in England'' and once separately in 1734 at the Little Haymarket. On 21 March 1735, it was performed at the York Building and again at the Little Haymarket on 28 December 1778. Although it was not successful, it was not truly unpopular, and its plot did not scare others away; it was adapted by William Holcroft as ''The Rival Queens'', which was performed in 1794. Also, it succeeded when it was adapted into a puppet show.〔Hume 1988 pp. 134–135〕 It was later reproduced by the National Theatre in 1968.〔Battestin and Battestin 1993. p. 136〕
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