The Recruiting Officer
About the show
This Restoration comedy from George Farquhar offers a rollercoaster of love, schemes, and inheritances. More…
The British have just won the great Battle of Blenheim and now they are back in the countryside to replenish their forces. The military officers enlist all of the able-bodied people they can find with hilarious hijinks and trickery, but in the midst of the recruiting, the gentlemen find themselves in love.
See it if you enjoy old plays done well. This was amateurish in all respects, the acting, sets, and costumes. I couldn't wait for it to be over.
Don't see it if Just don't see it. I usually love these restoration plays but this was awful.
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