After pushing his wife to have an affair with William Sloper, a member of this family grew jealous, forged several incriminating letters, led a band of thugs to kidnap his wife, and sued. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this family married into by the actress Susannah Maria Arne. A playwright and actor from this family played Baron Foppington in the premiere of The Relapse, a sequel to his own play Love’s Last Shift.
ANSWER: Cibber (“SIB-er”) [accept Theophilus Cibber, Susannah Maria Cibber, or Colley Cibber]
[10h] This adjective titles Mary Nash’s biography of Susannah Cibber. Colley Cibber adapted the unfinished play A Journey to London into a play titled for this adjective, which centers on the marital strife of Lord and Lady Townly.
ANSWER: provoked [accept The Provoked Wife; accept The Provoked Husband; reject synonyms] (A Journey To London is by John Vanbrugh, who also wrote The Relapse.)
[10e] This actor, whose “favorite leading lady” was for a time Susannah Cibber, rose to fame by playing the title character of Colley Cibber’s version of Richard III. This actor managed Drury Lane for 30 years in the mid-1700s.
ANSWER: David Garrick
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