Fatal Love; Or, The Forc'd Inconstancy is a 1680 tragedy by the English writer Elkanah Settle.[1] It was first staged by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. The original cast members are unknown.[2] Producer at the time of the Popish Plot scare and the Exclusion Crisis, it was notably anti-Catholic similar to Settle's other tragedy of the same year The Female Prelate.[3]

Fatal Love
Written byElkanah Settle
Date premieredSeptember 1680
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy

References

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  1. ^ Brown p.21
  2. ^ Van Lennep p.291
  3. ^ Brown p.21

Bibliography

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  • Brown, Frank Clyde. Elkanah Settle. University of Chicago Press, 1910.
  • Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.