The Maid of Bath is a 1771 comedy play by the British actor-manager Samuel Foote.Nicoll p.174 It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 26 June 1771.Greene p.4483 It was inspired by the life of the singer Elizabeth Ann Linley of the Bath-based Linley family.Kelly p.276-77 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.