The Lost Lover (play)

Title page of The Lost Lover.

The Lost Lover; or The Jealous Husband: A Comedy, Delarivier Manley's first published play, was performed in March 1696 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The performance ran only three nights.^[1]

Characters

As listed in the original script:

Men SIR RUSTIC GOOD-HEART, an Ill-bred Country Gentleman WILMORE, his Son WILDMAN, his Friend SIR AMOROUS COURTALL SMYRNA, a Turkey Merchant PULSE, a Physitian KNOWLITTLE, a Fortune-teller TIMOTHY, his Man READY, Servant to Wildman

Women LADY YOUNG-LOVE, an Old Vain Conceited Lady MARINA, her Daughter BELIRA, Secret Mistress to Wilmore ORINDA, an Affected Poetess OLIVIA, Smyrna's Wife ISABELLA, Woman to Lady Young-Love PHOEBE, Olivia's Maid Page Servants

External Works

• Full text of The Lost Lover available at Emory Women Writers Resource Project
• The London Stage Part I

References

1. Carnell, Rachel (2008). A Political Biography of Delarivier Manley. London: Pickering & Chatto. pp. 83–112. ISBN 9781851965748.