Epsom Wells

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Epsom Wells
Written byThomas Shadwell
Date premiered1672
Place premieredDorset Garden Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Epsom Wells is a 1672

Mary Betterton as Mrs Jilt, James Nokes as Bisket and Edward Angel as Fribble.[2]

It continued to be revived well into the

eighteenth century
.

References

  1. ^ Orr p.200
  2. ^ Van Lennep p.201

Bibliography

  • Cavert, William The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
  • Orr, Bridget. British Enlightenment Theatre: Dramatizing Difference. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
  • Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.