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The School for Lovers (play)

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The School for Lovers
Written byWilliam Whitehead
Date premiered10 February 1762
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The School for Lovers is a 1762 comedy play by the British writer William Whitehead.[1]

The original Drury Lane cast included David Garrick as Sir John Dorilant, John Palmer as Modely, William O'Brien as Belmour, Mary Ann Yates as Araminta, Kitty Clive as Lady Beverly and Susannah Maria Cibber as Celia.

References

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  1. ^ Watson p.861

Bibliography

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  • Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
  • Watson, George. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971.