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The Double Mistake

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The Double Mistake
Written byElizabeth Griffith
Date premiered9 January 1766
Place premieredCovent Garden Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The Double Mistake is a 1766 comedy play by the British writer Elizabeth Griffith.[1] It was her most successful play along with The School for Rakes.[2]

The original Covent Garden cast included David Ross as Lord Belmont, William Smith as Sir Charles Somerville, Thomas Hull as Elder Freeman, Isabella Mattocks as Emily and Maria Macklin as Lady Mary, Mary Bulkley as Lady Louisa and John Cushing as Servant.

References

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  1. ^ Watson p.835
  2. ^ Birch & Drabble p.443

Bibliography

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  • Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
  • Birch, Dinah & Drabble, Margaret. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. OUP Oxford, 2009.
  • Watson, George. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971.