Which English dramatist wrote ‘The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger’ in 1696
The Relapse both "The Relapse" and its predecessor, Colley Cibber's "Love's Last Shift", premiered at Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2005, starring Stephen Caffrey as Loveless, Caralyn Kozlowski as Amanda, and Jonathan Freeman as Lord Foppington, and directed by Sharon Ott. The Relapse The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger is a Restoration comedy from 1696 written by John Vanbrugh. The play is a sequel to Colley Cibber's "Love's Last Shift, or, The Fool in Fashion". In Cibber's "Love's Last Shift", a free-living Restoration rake is brought to repentance and reform by the ruses of his wife, while in "The Relapse", the rake succumbs
The Relapse of the physical attractiveness of the soon-to-be-dead Horden. After the success of "Love's Last Shift", his status was transformed, with both companies vying for his services as actor and playwright. He made an off-season transfer to Betterton's company in the summer of 1696 and wrote part of a play for the rebels before being re-seduced by Rich by means of a fat contract (Milhous). Cibber as Lord Foppington was thus also assured, and finally the première of "The Relapse" could be scheduled with some confidence. Cibber's performance in it was received with even greater acclaim than in his own play,