Recruiting Officer
Author: first_name: George
last_name: Farquhar
Language: English
Year: 1706

The author was himself a recruiting officer, and possibly gathered all the materials for this play on the very spot where he has placed his scene—Shrewsbury. He has dedicated the piece "to all friends round the Wrekin," and has thanked the inhabitants of the town for that cheerful hospitality, which made, he adds, "the recruiting service, to some men the greatest fatigue on earth, to me the greatest pleasure in the world."<br /><br />

The life of Farquhar was full of adventures.—As a student, h