''Love and Gout'' is an 1814
comedy play by the British writer
Robert Francis Jameson
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...
. It was originally staged at the
Haymarket Theatre
The Theatre Royal Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre on Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use. Samuel Foote ...
in
London's
West End. It was considered successful with audiences.
[Kozar & Burling p.205]
References
Bibliography
* Kozar, Richard & Burling, William J. ''Summer Theatre in London, 1661-1820, and the Rise of the Haymarket Theatre''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2000.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850''. Cambridge University Press, 1930.
* Valladares, Susan. '' Staging the Peninsular War: English Theatres 1807-1815''. Routledge, 2016.
1814 plays
West End plays
Comedy plays
Plays by Robert Francis Jameson
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