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A Word for Nature
Written by	Richard Cumberland
Date premiered	5 December 1798
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

A Word for Nature is a 1798 comedy play by the British writer Richard Cumberland. It is also known by the alternative title of The Passive Husband.

The original Drury Lane cast included James Aickin as Lord Glenadry, Richard Suett as Sir Toby Truckle, William Barrymore as Clifton, John Bannister as Leonard, Robert Palmer as Starling, William Dowton as Runic and Jane Pope as Lady Truckle.

References

Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume III. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Hogan, C.B (ed.) The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.

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Plays	The Brothers (1769) The West Indian (1771) The Fashionable Lover (1772) The Choleric Man (1774) The Note of Hand (1774) The Battle of Hastings (1778) The Walloons (1782) The Mysterious Husband (1783) The Carmelite (1784) The Natural Son (1784) The Country Attorney (1787) The Impostors (1789) The School for Widows (1789) The Box-Lobby Challenge (1794) The Jew (1794) The Dependent (1795) First Love (1795) The Wheel of Fortune (1795) The Days of Yore (1796) Don Pedro (1796) False Impressions (1797) The Last of the Family (1797) The Eccentric Lover (1798) A Word for Nature (1798) Joanna of Montfaucon (1800) The Sailor's Daughter (1804) A Hint to Husbands (1806) The Jew of Mogadore (1808) The Sibyl (1813)
Novels	John de Lancaster (1809)
Other	Portrait of Richard Cumberland (c.1776)

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