Love in a Forest
Love in a Forest | |
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Written by | Charles Johnson |
Date premiered | 9 January 1723[1] |
Place premiered | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
Original language | English |
Genre | Comedy |
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
William Penkethman as Pyramus, Henry Norris as Wall and Joe Miller
as Thisbe.
References
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.