Five Thousand a Year

Five Thousand a Year is a 1799 comedy play by the British writer Thomas John Dibdin.^[2]

Five Thousand a Year
Irish edition
Written by	Thomas John Dibdin
Date premiered	16 March 1799[1]
Place premiered	Covent Garden Theatre, London
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy
Setting	London, present day

The original Covent Garden cast included William Thomas Lewis as George Fervid, Alexander Pope as Frederick Fervid, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Sir Matthew Maxim, Charles Farley as Paragraph, Charles Murray as Mr Goulding, Julia Betterton as Maria, Jane Pope as Lady Julia, Nannette Johnston as Aurelia and Isabella Mattocks as Lady Maxim.^[3] It was dedicated to Count Starhemberg, the Austrian ambassador to London.