The Lost Lover (play)

Title page of The Lost Lover.

The Lost Lover; or The Jealous Husband: A Comedy, Delarivier Manley's first published play, was performed in March 1696 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The performance ran only three nights.[1]

Characters

As listed in the original script:

Men

  • SIR RUSTIC GOOD-HEART, an Ill-bred Country Gentleman
  • WILMORE, his Son
  • WILDMAN, his Friend
  • SIR AMOROUS COURTALL
  • SMYRNA, a Turkey Merchant
  • PULSE, a Physitian
  • KNOWLITTLE, a Fortune-teller
  • TIMOTHY, his Man
  • READY, Servant to Wildman

Women

  • LADY YOUNG-LOVE, an Old Vain Conceited Lady
  • MARINA, her Daughter
  • BELIRA, Secret Mistress to Wilmore
  • ORINDA, an Affected Poetess
  • OLIVIA, Smyrna's Wife
  • ISABELLA, Woman to Lady Young-Love
  • PHOEBE, Olivia's Maid
  • Page
  • Servants

External Works

References

  1. Carnell, Rachel (2008). A Political Biography of Delarivier Manley. London: Pickering & Chatto. pp. 83–112. ISBN 9781851965748.
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