It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Bio: Frances Boothby was an English playwright, the first woman to have a play produced in London; her tragicomedy Marcelia, or, The Treacherous Friend was performed by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal in 1669.
