''The Lying Valet'' is a
British play by
David Garrick. A
farce, it was first performed at the
Goodman's Fields Theatre
Two 18th century theatres bearing the name Goodman's Fields Theatre were located on Alie Street, Whitechapel, London. The first opened on 31 October 1727 in a small shop by Thomas Odell, deputy Licenser of Plays. The first play performed was G ...
on 30 November 1741. Garrick based his work on the second act of ''All Without Money'' by
Peter Antony Motteux, which was in turn inspired by a French play. Garrick initially followed the plots of the earlier plays quite closely, but the work soon diverges significantly. It was the only one of Garrick's plays which was completely
sentimental in nature.
[Stein p.75]
References
Bibliography
* Nettleton, George H. & Case, Arthur E. ''British Dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1975.
* Stein, Elizabeth. ''David Garrick, Dramatist''. The Modern Language Association of America, 1937.
Plays by David Garrick
1741 plays
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