The Honey Moon
| The Honey Moon | |
|---|---|
| Original language | English |
| Written by | John Tobin. |
| Characters | Juliana Duke Jacques |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 31 January 1805 |
| Place | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
The Honey Moon is a comic stage play by John Tobin. It was influenced by Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew and performed throughout the 19th century.
History
[edit]The first performance of the play was at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 31 January 1805. Robert William Elliston played Aranza, with Miss Duncan (Maria Rebecca Davison) as Juliana.[1][2][3] Rolando, a rejected suitor to Juliana who then wooed her sister Zamora (Maria De Camp[3]), was played by John Bannister.[4][5]
Mr Elliston as the duke
Miss Duncan as Juliana
A production was staged in Edinburgh on 14 November 1809, with Henry Siddons playing the Duke and his wife Harriet Siddons as Juliana.[6] The play was revived at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on 30 June 1827, with James Warde as the Duke and Frances Eleanor Jarman as his wife.[7][8]
Plot
[edit]The action is set in Spain in the early 17th century. The Duke of Aranza, pretending to be a peasant who has tricked his new bride, Juliana, into marriage, takes her to their supposed new home, a modest country cottage. There he subjects her to a regime to reform her "proud spirit". When she submits to his will, he reveals his true identity and installs her in her rightful place in his palace.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ Raymond, George (1857). The Life and Enterprises of Robert William Elliston. London: Routledge. p. 108.
- ↑ Boase, Frederic (1892). Modern English Biography. Vol. A–H. Truro: Netherton and Worth. p. 834.
- 1 2 John Tobin (1805). The honey moon: a comedy, in five acts. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme.
- ↑ Adolphus, John (1839). Memoirs of John Bannister, comedian. London: Richard Bentley. p. 131. OCLC 546020.
- ↑ Brewer, E. Cobham (1892). Harland, Marion (ed.). Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and The Drama. Vol. III. New York: Selmar Hess. p. 311. OCLC 678916137.
- ↑ Highfill, Philip H.; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward A. (1991). A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1660 - 1800. 13: Roach to H. Siddons. Carbondale: Southern Illinois Univ. Pr. p. 389. ISBN 0809315254.
- ↑ "Theatre Royal Covent Garden". The Times. 28 June 1827. p. 2.
- ↑ Knight, John Joseph (1892). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Chambers, Robert (1844). Cyclopædia of English Literature. Vol. II. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers. p. 532.
