''The Love Chase'' is an 1837

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by the Irish-born writer

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. It premiered at the Haymarket Theatre in

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on 10 October 1837 with a cast that included

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as Sir William Fondlove, Edward William Elton as Waller,

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as Wildrake, Julia Glover as Widow Green and Charlotte Vandenhoff as Lydia.

Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett (1812 – 15 January 1858), English actress, was the daughter of Frederick Hayes Macnamara, an actor, whose stage name was Mordaunt. As Miss Mordaunt she had considerable experience, especially in Shakespearean leading p ...

's role as Constance became one of her two signature parts. The Haymarket had just come under the management of

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that year.Schlicke p.597

References

Bibliography

* Bratton, Jacky. ''The Making of the West End Stage: Marriage, Management and the Mapping of Gender in London, 1830–1870''. Cambridge University Press, 2011. * Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850''. Cambridge University Press, 1930. * Schlicke, Paul. ''The Oxford Companion to Charles Dickens: Anniversary Edition''. OUP Oxford, 2011. 1837 plays West End plays Comedy plays British plays Plays by James Sheridan Knowles Plays set in London {{19thC-play-stub