Sir Patient Fancy: A Comedy, is a comedic play written by Aphra Behn, first performed in 1678.
[1] It was staged by the Duke's Company at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London with a cast that included Nell Gwyn as Lady Knowell, Anthony Leigh as Sir Patient Fancy, John Crosby as Leander Fancy, Thomas Betterton as Wittmore, William Smith as Lodwick Knowell, James Nokes as Sir Credulous Easy, John Richards as Curry, Elizabeth Currer as Lady Fancy, Mary Betterton as Isabella, Emily Price as Lucretia and Anne Shadwell as Maundy.
Sir Patient Fancy was successful with contemporary audiences, but some writers criticised it for perceived plagiarism and bawdiness.
[1] Behn responded to this criticism by downplaying Moliere's influence on her work, and arguing that her play would not have been accused of bawdiness if she had been a man.
[3] In it, Behn criticises those who damn her play because she is a woman, and suggests that women are in fact better writers of farce than men.