The Lying Valet
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
The Lying Valet is a
Peter Antony Motteux, which was in turn inspired by a French play. Garrick initially followed the plots of the earlier plays quite closely, but the work soon diverges significantly. It was the only one of Garrick's plays which was completely sentimental in nature.[1]
References
- ^ Stein p.75
Bibliography
- Nettleton, George H. & Case, Arthur E. British Dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan. Southern Illinois University Press, 1975.
- Stein, Elizabeth. David Garrick, Dramatist. The Modern Language Association of America, 1937.
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