 Fielding started work on his fourth play , The Temple Beau , in April 1729 , but did not finish until the end of the year . Rejected by his first theatre , the play had to be performed at another one , where it had 13 shows its first year and few revivals thereafter . The play is about Wilding , a young law student who gives up his studies to seek pleasure , and his attempts to marry a woman for her money . Fielding focuses on hypocrisy and gender equality in marriage with characters ' interaction with Wilding . 
