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Otway in his very indecent play, _The Soldier's Fortune_, performed
at Dorset Garden, 1681, has borrowed freely from Moliere; namely: one
scene from _Sganarelle_, four scenes from _The School for
Husbands_, and a hint from _The School for Wives_.
The joke from _The Pretentious Young Ladies_, Scene xii., page 162,
about "the half moon and the full moon" is repeated in the conversation
between Fourbin and Bloody-Bones in _The Soldier's Fortune_.
Sir John Vanbrugh also translated Moliere's _Sganarelle_, which was
performed at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket, 1706, but has not
been printed.
There was also a ballad opera played at Drury Lane April 11, 1733,
called the _Imaginary Cuckold_, which is an imitation of
_Sganarelle_.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
GORGIBUS, _a citizen of Paris_.
LELIO, _in love with Celia_.
SGANARELLE, _a citizen of Paris and the self-deceived husband_.
[Footnote: Moliere acted this part himself. In the inventory of his
dresses taken after his death, and given by M. Eudore Soulie in his
_Recherches sur Moliere_, 1863. we find: "a .
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