A Bold Stroke for a Wife

A Bold Stroke for a Wife is Susanna Centlivre's 18th-century satirical English play first performed in 1718. The plot expresses the author's unabashed support of the British Whig Party: she criticises the Tories, religious hypocrisy, and the greed of capitalism.

A Bold Stroke for a Wife
Title page of first printing, 1718
Written bySusanna Centlivre
Date premiered3 February 1718
Place premieredLincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy
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