''The Doating Lovers: Or, the Libertine Tam'd'' is a 1715
comedy play
Comedy is a genre of dramatic performance having a light or humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents and in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity. For ancient Greeks and Romans, a comedy was a stage-play with a happy endin ...
by the Irish writer
Newburgh Hamilton
Newburgh Hamilton (1691–1761) was an Irish author and librettist.
He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) and entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1708, aged sixteen, but (as was common in those days) he left without obtai ...
.
The original cast included
John Leigh as Gaylove,
William Bullock as Sir Butterfly Ayrewould,
Christopher Bullock
Sir Christopher Llewellyn Bullock, KCB, CBE (10 November 1891 – 16 May 1972), a prominent member of the Bullock family, was Permanent Under-Secretary at the British Air Ministry from 1931 to 1936. Appointed at the age of 38, he remains one o ...
as Sr Timothy Twiddle,
Theophilus Keene
Theophilus Keene (1680-1718) was an Anglo-Irish stage actor and theatre manager.
Keene was from a Presbyterian background. He originally began acting at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. Having arrived in London from Ireland in 1704, he appear ...
as Colonel Winfield,
Benjamin Griffin as Choleric,
George Pack as Decoy,
Francis Leigh as Thump,
Mary Kent
Mary Kent (before 1692 – after 1718) was an English actress, whose career lasted from 1692 to 1718, and the wife of Drury Lane actor Thomas Kent. Her dates of birth and death are not known. Mary Kent appeared in many playbills from 1692 onwards ...
as Lady Youthful,
Sarah Thurmond
Sarah Thurmond or Sarah Lewis ( – 1762) was a British actress.
Life
Sarah Lewis was born in Epsom although the date is unknown. Her first appearances were at Drury Lane and Lincoln's Inn Fields at the end of 1711 in Greenwich where she met J ...
as Cosmelia and
Letitia Cross
Letitia Cross (1681/1682 – 4 April 1737) was a British singer and actor. She appeared at the Drury Lane Theatre and was the mistress of Peter the Great when he visited England.
Life
Cross was born in Surrey and it has been suggested that this w ...
as Clarinda.
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.
1715 plays
British plays
Irish plays
West End plays
Comedy plays
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