Love in a Forest

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Love in a Forest
Written byCharles Johnson
Date premiered9 January 1723[1]
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Drury Lane
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Love in a Forest is a 1723

Shakespeare's As You Like It cutting out characters and passages, while borrowing from other Shakespeare plays amongst other things.[3]

The original Drury Lane cast included

as Thisbe.

References

  1. ^ Burling p.100
  2. ^ Nicoll p.339
  3. ^ Lynch p.127

Bibliography

  • Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
  • Lynch, Stephen J. As You Like it: A Guide to the Play. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003.
  • Nicoll, Allardyce. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 2. Cambridge University Press, 2009.