The Inconstant

The Inconstant, or the Way to Win Him is a 1702 play by the Irish writer George Farquhar. It was a reworking of the Jacobean comedy The Wild Goose Chase by John Fletcher.^[1] A success, the play was revived a number of times during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The Inconstant
Written by	George Farquhar
Date premiered	February 1702; 323 years ago (1702-02)
Place premiered	Drury Lane Theatre
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

Despite its popularity, the play was later criticised for its similarities to Fletcher's earlier work with Leigh Hunt commenting it was "neither more or less Fletcher's play, with the poetry taken out".^[2]