Woman's Wit (Knowles play)

Woman's Wit
Original languageEnglish
Written byJames Sheridan Knowles
GenreComedy
Premiere
Date23 June 1838
PlaceTheatre Royal, Covent Garden

Woman's Wit; or, Loves Disguises is an 1838 comedy play by the Irish writer James Sheridan Knowles.[1][2] It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on the 23 June 1838 with a cast that included James Warde as Lord Athunree, George Bartley as Sir William Sutton, William Macready as Walsingham, John Langford Pritchard as Felton, John Pritt Harley as Clever and Helena Faucit as Hero. Knowles dedicated the play to the writer Samuel Rogers.

References

  1. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature p.733
  2. ↑ Nicoll p.339

Bibliography

  • Burwick, Frederck Goslee, Nancy Moore & Hoeveler Diane Long . The Encyclopaedia of Romantic Literature. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
  • Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Cambridge University Press, 1930.
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