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Love's Frailties

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Love's Frailties
Written byThomas Holcroft
Date premiered5 February 1794[1]
Place premieredCovent Garden Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Love's Frailties is a 1794 comedy play by the British writer Thomas Holcroft.[2]

The original Covent Garden cast included William Thomas Lewis as Mr Muscadel, John Quick as Sir Gregory Oldwort, Joseph George Holman as Charles Seymour, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Mr Craig Campbell, Charles Farley as James, Jane Pope as Lady Fancourt and Isabella Mattocks as Nanette.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hogan p.1617
  2. ^ Nicoll p.271
  3. ^ Hogan p.1617

Bibliography

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  • 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.