In fact he does not care for the girl's liveliness and eventually breaks off the engagement, whereupon his friend Mr Fashion takes his place.Ī farcical subplot involves Mr Phrensy, a writer who cannot make the world agree that he is a genius. Lord Melcourt is engaged to marry an heiress for the sake of her money and the naïve and romantic Miss Plinlimmon is puzzled by the fact that his behaviour does not live up to her expectations of the ideal lover. When objections were raised to it, the play was withdrawn, but a revised version was published soon afterwards in which the characters of the Steward and Cautious were not retained. The original cast included John Palmer as Lord Melcourt, James William Dodd as Sir Pepper Plinlimmon, William Barrymore as Mr Fashion, Thomas Hollingsworth as Taffy, John Bannister as Mr Phrensy, Richard Suett as Cautious, Robert Palmer as Mr Fancy, James Aickin as Steward, Elizabeth Farren as Lady Bellair, Jane Pope as Lady Plinlimmon and Dorothea Jordan as Miss Plinlimmon. The Welch Heiress was given a single performance at the rebuilt Drury Lane Theatre on 17 April 1795. Although it had only a single stage performance, the published script had some success. The Welch (or Welsh) Heiress is a 1795 comedy play written by Edward Jerningham. John Dixon's pen and ink drawing of "A Welch Heiress, 1792
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