Love for Money
| Love for Money | |
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| Written by | Restoration Comedy |
Love For Money; Or, The Boarding School is a 1691
Thomas D'Urfey. It was originally staged at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane by the United Company. In 1733 it was adapted into a ballad opera The Boarding School by Charles Coffey
.
Original cast
- Cave Underhill as Sir Rowland Rakehell
- William Mountfort as Jack Amorous
- John Hodgson as Will Merriton
- John Freeman as Old Merriton
- George Powell as Nedd Bragg alias Captain Bouncer
- George Bright as Old Zachary Bragg
- Thomas Doggett as Deputy Nincompoop
- William Bowen as Monsieur Le Prate
- Mr. Kirkham as Singing Master
- John Bowman as Dancing Master
- Mr. Peire as Presbyterian Parson
- Anthony Leigh as Lady Addleplot
- Mrs. Richardson as Lady Straddle
- Anne Bracegirdle as Mirtilla
- Frances Maria Knight as Miss Jenny
- Mrs. Davies as Miss Molly
- Charlotte Butler as Betty Jiltall
- Katherine Corey as Crowstich
- Margaret Osborne as Teareshift
- Elinor Leigh as Oyley[1]
References
- ^ Van Lennep p.392
Bibliography
- Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
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