The Foundling (play)

For the 1948 novel by Georgette Heyer, see The Foundling (Heyer novel). For the 1973 story collection by Lloyd Alexander, see The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain.

The Foundling is a 1748 comedy by the British writer Edward Moore.^[1]

The Foundling
Written by	Edward Moore
Date premiered	13 February 1748
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

The original Drury Lane cast included David Garrick as Young Belmont, Spranger Barry as Sir Charles Raymond, Charles Macklin as Faddle, William Havard as Colonel Raymond, Richard Yates as Sir Roger Belmont, Peg Woffington as Rosetta and Susannah Cibber as Fidelia.

References

1. Nicoll p.206

Bibliography

• Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Nicoll, Allardyce. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 2. Cambridge University Press, 2009.