Love for Money

Love for Money
Written by	Thomas D'Urfey
Date premiered	January 1691
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original language	English
Genre	Restoration Comedy

Love For Money; Or, The Boarding School is a 1691 comedy play by the English writer Thomas D'Urfey. It was originally staged at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane by the United Company. In 1733 it was adapted into a ballad opera The Boarding School by Charles Coffey.

Original cast

• Cave Underhill as Sir Rowland Rakehell
• William Mountfort as Jack Amorous
• John Hodgson as Will Merriton
• John Freeman as Old Merriton
• George Powell as Nedd Bragg alias Captain Bouncer
• George Bright as Old Zachary Bragg
• Thomas Doggett as Deputy Nincompoop
• William Bowen as Monsieur Le Prate
• Mr. Kirkham as Singing Master
• John Bowman as Dancing Master
• Mr. Peire as Presbyterian Parson
• Anthony Leigh as Lady Addleplot
• Mrs. Richardson as Lady Straddle
• Anne Bracegirdle as Mirtilla
• Frances Maria Knight as Miss Jenny
• Mrs. Davies as Miss Molly
• Charlotte Butler as Betty Jiltall
• Katherine Corey as Crowstich
• Margaret Osborne as Teareshift
• Elinor Leigh as Oyley^[1]

References

1. Van Lennep p.392

Bibliography

• Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.