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The Old Debauchees : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Old Debauchees
''The Old Debauchees'', originally titled ''The Despairing Debauchee'', was a play written by Henry Fielding. It originally appeared with ''The Covent-Garden Tragedy'' on 1 June 1732 at the Royal Theatre, Drury Lane and was later revived as ''The Debauchees; or, The Jesuit Caught''. The play tells the story of Catholic priest's attempt to manipulate a man to seduce the man's daughter, ultimately unsuccessfully. Unlike ''The Covent-Garden Tragedy'', ''The Old Debauchees'' was well received. The play discussed morality and society's perceptions of morality and was an allusion to a real event like Fielding's other play, ''Rape upon Rape''. Contemporary critics were unclear as to how successful the play was, but modern critics claimed that the play was only effective in the context of its social commentary. ==Background== Both ''The Old Debauchees'' and ''The Covent-Garden Tragedy'' were written by 4 April 1732 when Fielding signed an agreement with John Watts to publish the plays for a small sum of only 30 guineas.〔Hume 1988 pp. 129–133〕 ''The Old Debauchees'', originally titled ''The Despairing Debauchee'', appeared with ''The Covent-Garden Tragedy'' on 1 June 1732. The ''Daily Post'' reported on 2 June that both were well-received, but retracted that claim on 5 June to say that only ''The Old Debauchees'' was well received. The play ran for six nights with one scheduled night cancelled, the 13 June performance. After that night, the play was paired with ''The Mock Doctor''. The play was revived late 1745 as ''The Debauchees; or, The Jesuit Caught'' and ran 25 times during the season. This version was published by Watts with the various revisions indicated.〔Battestin and Battestin 1993 p. 400〕 It was brought back to promote anti-Catholic sentiment during the disputes between the British government and the Stuarts during 1745 and 1746. "The Jesuit Caught" was added to the play's title to reinforce the anti-Catholic nature of the play.〔Cleary 1984 pp. 58–59〕
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