The Jealous Wife

The Jealous Wife is a 1761 British play by George Colman the Elder. A comedy - it was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre on 12 February 1761 and ran for nineteen performances in its first season and seventy by the end of the century. It was translated into French and German.^[1]

Colman was indebted to Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones as an inspiration for several characters and incidents. David Garrick helped Colman to work on the draft and cut down its length.^[2]

References

1. ↑ Nettleton p.669
2. ↑ Nettleton p.669

Bibliography

• Nettleton, George H. & Case, Arthur E. British Dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan. Souther Illinois University Press, 1975.