Busie Body
By Susanna Centlivre · Running time 02:56:35 · Comedy
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A rich heiress pretending to be in love with her guardian, but with several other suitors. A jealous merchant from Spain with a beautiful but cloistered daughter. A Busy Body who tries to know everybody else's business. Conniving servants. Plot elements stolen - and improved - from Moliere, Johnson, and Dryden. Definitely comedy, and written by a very successful woman playwright. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Sir George Airy. A Gentleman of Four Thousand a Year in Love with Miranda: Greg Giordano Sir Francis Gripe. Guardian to Miranda and Marplot, Father to Charles, in Love with Miranda: Mike
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