TY - BOOK AU - Burgoyne,John AU - Inchbald,Mrs TI - The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts AV - PR PY - 2011/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Comedy plays KW - English drama -- 18th century N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heiress_(1786_play); Release date is 2011-06-30; Produced by Steven desJardins, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts" by John Burgoyne is a play that debuted in 1786. Lord Gayville finds himself engaged to Miss Alscrip, a fashionable woman he believes will inherit a fortune. But appearances can be deceiving. When Gayville discovers the true heiress is someone entirely different—Miss Clifford, the woman who holds his heart—he faces an impossible choice. This mistaken identity comedy became an enormous success, running for 31 performances and capturing London audiences with its wit and romantic intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36570 ER -