The Coffee House (play)

The Coffee House is a 1738 comedy play by the British writer James Miller, written as an afterpiece. After being performed at Drury Lane, it was published later that year with some alterations to the play's original text.^[1]

The Coffee House
Written by	James Miller
Date premiered	26 January 1738
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

The original Drury Lane cast included Benjamin Griffin as Harpie, Charles Macklin as Bays, John Harper as Booswell, William Havard as Hartly, Richard Winstone as Gaylove, Theophilus Cibber as Cibber, a Comedian and Kitty Clive as Miss Kitty. The role of the poet played by Macklin was apparently intended as a caricature of Richard Savage.^[2]