Engaged is a three-act farcical comic play by W. S. Gilbert. The plot involves a rich young man, his search for a wife, and the attempts– from mercenary motives– by his uncle to encourage his marriage and by his best friend to prevent it. The play opened at Haymarket Theatre on 3October 1877 and was well received in London and then in the British provinces, the US and Australasia. Revived many times, it has been called "the finest and funniest English comedy between Bulwer-Lytton's Money [1840] and Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest [1895], which it directly inspired". This poster, published by H.A. Thomas in New York, was created for the first American production of Engaged in 1879.Artwork credit: Victor Arnold; restored by Adam Cuerden
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