The Lame Lover

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The Lame Lover
Written bySamuel Foote
Date premiered22 June 1770[1]
Place premieredHaymarket Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The Lame Lover is a 1770 comedy play by the British writer Samuel Foote.[2] Foote wrote the play while he was recovering from the amputation of his leg, following a riding accident.[3]

The original Haymarket cast starred Foote himself as Sir Luke Limp. The cast also included Thomas Weston as Jack and Sarah Gardner as Mrs Circuit.

References[]

  1. ^ Hogan p.1486
  2. ^ Nicoll p.174
  3. ^ Kelly p.247-48

Bibliography[]

  • Kelly, Ian. Mr Foote's Other Leg: Comedy, tragedy and murder in Georgian London. Pan Macmillan, 2012.
  • Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume III. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • Hogan, C.B (ed.) The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.


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