Cuckold's Haven

Cuckold's Haven
Written byNahum Tate
Date premieredJuly 1685
Place premieredDorset Garden Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreRestoration Comedy

Cuckold's Haven; Or, An Alderman No Conjurer is a 1685 comedy play by the Irish writer Nahum Tate. It was first staged at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London by the United Company. It was a reworking of George Chapman, Ben Jonson and John Marston's Eastward Ho.[1]

The original cast included Thomas Percival as Mr Nokes, Thomas Jevon as Quicksilver, Anthony Leigh as Security, Joseph Williams as Sir Petronell Flash, Thomas Gillow as Captain Seagull, Joseph Haines as Bramble, Susanna Percival as Girtred, Katherine Corey as Mrs Touchstone and Emily Price as Security's Wife.[2]

  1. ^ Orr p.228
  2. ^ Van Lennep p.338