City Politiques
Written by	John Crowne
Date premiered	19 January 1683
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane,London
Original language	English
Genre	Restoration Comedy
Setting	Naples, 1616–1620

City Politiques is a 1683comedy play by the English writerJohn Crowne. It was first performed by theUnited Company at theTheatre Royal, Drury Lane by the recently formedUnited Company. The original cast are not known.^[1]

It came at the time of theTory Reaction to the earlierPopish Plot andExclusion Crisis, and was of numerous plays of the time that ridiculed theWhig party.^[2] It is set during the 1610s in the southern Italian city ofNaples, then underSpanish rule.

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