Love Makes a Man

Love Makes a Man
1783 poster
Written byColley Cibber
Date premiered9 December 1700
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune is a comedy play by the English writer Colley Cibber written and first performed in 1700, and first published in 1701.[1] It borrows elements from two Jacobean plays The Elder Brother and The Custom of the Country by John Fletcher.

It was originally staged at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane with a cast that included Robert Wilks as Carlos, William Bullock as Antonio, Richard Cross as Charino, William Pinkethman as Don Lewis, Colley Cibber as Clodio, Henry Norris as Sancho, Thomas Simpson as Governor, John Mills as Don Duart, Susanna Verbruggen as Louisa, Henrietta Moore as Honoria and Frances Maria Knight as Elvira.[2]

References

  1. ^ Colley Cibber (1701). Love Makes a Man: Or, The Fop's Fortune. A Comedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by C. Cibber. London: Printed for Richard Parker at the Unicorn in the Piazzas under the Royal Exchange, Hugh Newman at the Grasshopper in the Poultry, and E. Rumbal at the Post-house in Russel-street, Covent Garden. OCLC 1325917466.
  2. ^ Van Lennep, p. 6.

Bibliography

  • Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume Two, 1700-1729. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.


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