The Author 's Farce and the Pleasures of the Town is a play by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding, first performed on 30 March 1730 at the Little Theatre, Haymarket. Written in response to the Theatre Royal' s rejection of his earlier plays, The Author 's Farce was Fielding' s first theatrical success.
Fielding devient un écrivain populaire à Londres après The Author 's Farce.