Although she began life as a minor character in Thomas Morton's play Speed the Plough (1798), Mrs Grundy was eventually so well established in the public imagination that Samuel Butler, in his novel Erewhon, could refer to her in the form of an anagram (as the goddess Ydgrun).
Speed the Plough is a five-act comedy by Thomas Morton, first performed in 1798 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden to great acclaim.
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It is mostly remembered today for the sake of the unseen character, Mrs Grundy.
It staged its inaugural performances in March 1837; Thomas Morton's "Speed the Plough" and the W. Oxberry's ″The Spoiled Child.
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