grieving, folly, 1809, comedy, play, british, writer, richard, leigh, premiered, april, 1809, lyceum, theatre, london, which, being, used, drury, lane, company, while, their, theatre, being, rebuilt, after, fire, cast, included, henry, siddons, herbert, harrie. Grieving s a Folly is an 1809 comedy play by the British writer Richard Leigh 1 It premiered on 21 April 1809 at the Lyceum Theatre in London which was being used the Drury Lane company while their own theatre was being rebuilt after a fire The cast included Henry Siddons as Mr Herbert Harriet Siddons as Ellen William Dowton as Sir Oliver Cypress William Powell as Belford John Bannister as Crape John Henry Johnstone as O Harrolan Charles Mathews as Joe Thresher Walter Maddocks as Jonathon Jane Powell as Mrs Mordaunt and Frances Maria Kelly as Susan Woodburn The prologue was written and spoken by Edmund John Eyre It enjoyed a successful run and was published by Longmans the same year A second play by Leigh Where to Find a Friend was performed by the company in 1811 Grieving s a FollyWritten byRichard LeighDate premiered21 April 1809Place premieredLyceum Theatre LondonOriginal languageEnglishGenreComedySettingEngland Present dayReferences edit Valladares p 294Bibliography editGreene John C Theatre in Dublin 1745 1820 A Calendar of Performances Volume 6 Lexington Books 2011 Nicoll Allardyce A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800 1850 Cambridge University Press 1930 Valladares Susan Staging the Peninsular War English Theatres 1807 1815 Routledge 2016 nbsp This article on a play from the 19th century is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grieving 27s a Folly amp oldid 1143811423, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
