The Lying Lover
| The Lying Lover | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Restoration Comedy |
| Setting | London, present day |
The Lying Lover; Or, The Lady's Friendship is a 1703
comedy play by the Irish writer Richard Steele. It was his second play, written while he was an army office doing garrison duty in Harwich during the War of the Spanish Succession. It is described as being both a restoration comedy and a sentimental comedy
, and marked the transition between the two.
It premiered at the
Jane Rogers as Penelope, Jane Lucas as Lettice, Susannah Cox as Betty and Anne Oldfield as Victoria.[1] The published version was dedicated to the Duke of Ormonde
, an Irish politician and soldier.
References
- ^ Van Lennep p.50
Bibliography
- Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
- Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume Two, 1700-1729. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
External links
The Lying Lover public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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