The Lost Lover (play)

The Younger Brother
Title page of The Lost Lover
Written byDelarivier Manley
Date premieredMarch 1696
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The Lost Lover; or The Jealous Husband: A Comedy, Delarivier Manley's first published play, was performed in March 1696 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The performance ran only three nights.[1]

The original cast included Benjamin Johnson, John Verbruggen, Hildebrand Horden, George Powell, Colley Cibber, William Pinkethman, Joseph Haines, Mary Kent, Jane Rogers, Frances Maria Knight, Susanna Verbruggen and Margaret Mills.[2]

Characters

As listed in the original script: Men

  • Sir Rustic Good-Heart, an ill-bred country gentleman
  • Wilmore, Rustic's son
  • Wildman, Rustic's friend
  • Sir Amorous Courtall
  • Smyrna, a Turkey Merchant
  • Pulse, a Physician
  • Knowlittle, a Fortune-teller
  • Timothy, his Man
  • Ready, servant to Wildman

Women

  • Lady Young-Love, an Old, vain, conceited Lady
  • Marina, her daughter
  • Belira, secret mistress to Wilmore
  • Orinda, an affected poetess
  • Olivia, Smyrna's Wife
  • Isabella, woman to Lady Young-Love
  • Phoebe, Olivia's maid
  • Page
  • Servants

References

  1. ^ Carnell, Rachel (2008). A Political Biography of Delarivier Manley. London: Pickering & Chatto. pp. 83–112. ISBN 9781851965748.
  2. ^ Van Lennep p.459

Bibliography

  • Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960 .

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