• Source: The Maid of Bath
    • The Maid of Bath is a 1771 comedy play by the British actor-manager Samuel Foote. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 26 June 1771. It was inspired by the life of the singer Elizabeth Ann Linley of the Bath-based Linley family. The prologue was written by David Garrick.


      Original cast


      Samuel Foote as Flint
      Henry Woodward as Sir Christopher Cripple
      James Aickin as Major Rackett
      Thomas Weston as Billy Button
      James Fearon as Peter Poultice
      Mr. Davis as Fillup
      Richard Castle as Mynheer Sour Crout
      Mr Loyd as Monsieur De Jarsey
      Miss Platt as Mrs Linnett
      Miss Jewell as Kitty Linnett
      Mary Fearon as Lady Catherine Coldstream
      Mrs. Weston as Maid


      References




      Bibliography


      Greene, John C. Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 6. Lexington Books, 2011.
      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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