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''The Letter Writers Or, a New Way to Keep a Wife at Home'' is a play by Henry Fielding and was first performed on 24 March 1731 at Haymarket with its companion piece ''The Tragedy of Tragedies''. It is about two merchants who strive to keep their wives faithful. Their efforts are unsuccessful, however, until they catch the man who their wives are cheating with. The play, a farce dealing with sex and adultery, was a failure. While Fielding avoided the traditional cliches of the genre, he lost the moral purpose. Critics disagree over the quality of the play, but most agree that the missing moral purpose is the key failure of the play. ==Background== ''The Letter Writers Or, a New Way to Keep a Wife at Home'', a three-act farcical play, was first mentioned in the 12 February 1731 ''Daily Post'', which announced that the play would start in March. It first ran on 24 March 1731,〔Battestin and Battestin 1993 p. 106〕 and it ran for four nights as a companion piece with ''The Tragedy of Tragedies''.〔Hume 1988 p. 91〕 It failed as a play,〔Pagliaro 1998 p. 79〕 and ''The Welsh Opera'' replaced ''The Letter Writers'' as the companion piece to ''The Tragedy of Tragedies'' on 22 April 1731.〔Rivero 1989 p. 88〕 It was advertised for print in the 23 March ''Daily Post'' and first printed 24 March for opening night.〔Cross 1918 p. 292〕 It was printed by James Roberts with John Watts, even though only Roberts's name appeared on any of the notices, on the same day as ''The Tragedy of Tragedies''. There is a difference in quality between the printed version of ''The Letter-Writers'' and other plays, including ''The Tragedy of Tragedies''. The play was printed with less care and includes many mistakes in the text along with other errors.〔Fielding II 2004 p. 618〕
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