The Belle's Stratagem " review
Southwark Playhouse, LondonJessica Swale made a big impact last year with a stunning production of Sheridan's The Rivals in Southwark. Now she's back with a comedy by Hannah Cowley that Sheridan, in his capacity as manager of Drury Lane, dropped from the repertory in 1780 and that turns out to be, if not a lost masterpiece, witty, spirited and eminently revivable.Cowley deals with an eternally resonant theme: a …