Woman Is a Riddle
| Woman Is a Riddle | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
Woman Is a Riddle is a 1716
comedy play by the British actor Christopher Bullock
. Sometimes its title is written as A Woman Is a Riddle.
Richard Savage may have assisted with the writing of the play, which draws inspiration from a seventeenth century Spanish work The Phantom Lady by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. In 1788 Woman Is a Riddle was reworked as an afterpiece called The Invisible Mistress performed at Drury Lane.[2]
The original
Jane Rogers as Lady Outside and Letitia Cross
as Miranda.
References
Bibliography
- Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
- Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama: 1700-1750. CUP Archive, 1927.
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