The Love Chase

The Love Chase
Written by	James Sheridan Knowles
Date premiered	9 October 1837
Place premiered	Haymarket Theatre, London
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy
Setting	London, present day

The Love Chase is an 1837 comedy play by the Irish-born writer James Sheridan Knowles. It premiered at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 10 October 1837 with a cast that included Robert Strickland as Sir William Fondlove, Edward William Elton as Waller, Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Wildrake, Julia Glover as Widow Green and Charlotte Vandenhoff as Lydia. Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett's role as Constance became one of her two signature parts. ^[1] The Haymarket had just come under the management of Benjamin Webster that year. ^[2]

References

1. Bratton p.130
2. Schlicke p.597

Bibliography

• Bratton, Jacky. The Making of the West End Stage: Marriage, Management and the Mapping of Gender in London, 1830–1870. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
• Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Cambridge University Press, 1930.
• Schlicke, Paul. The Oxford Companion to Charles Dickens: Anniversary Edition. OUP Oxford, 2011.