Love Makes a Man

{{Short description|1700 play}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox play |image = File:Bodleian Libraries, Playbill of New Theatre, Monday, January 13th, 1783, announcing Love makes a man; or, The fop's fortune &c..jpg |image_size = |caption = 1783 poster |writer = Colley Cibber |setting = |date of premiere = 9 December 1700 |original language = English |place = Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London |series = |subject = |genre = Comedy }} '''''Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune''''' is a comedy play by the English writer Colley Cibber written and first performed in 1700, and first published in 1701.<ref>{{cite book|author=Colley Cibber|title=Love Makes a Man: Or, The Fop's Fortune. A Comedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by C. Cibber|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VpgAAAAcAAJ|location=London|publisher=Printed for Richard Parker at the Unicorn in the Piazzas under the Royal Exchange, Hugh Newman at the Grasshopper in the Poultry, and E. Rumbal at the Post-house in Russel-street, Covent Garden|year=1701|oclc=1325917466}}</ref> It borrows elements from two Jacobean plays ''The Elder Brother'' and ''The Custom of the Country'' by John Fletcher.

It was originally staged at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane with a cast that included Robert Wilks as Carlos, William Bullock as Antonio, Richard Cross as Charino, William Pinkethman as Don Lewis, Colley Cibber as Clodio, Henry Norris as Sancho, Thomas Simpson as Governor, John Mills as Don Duart, Susanna Verbruggen as Louisa, Henrietta Moore as Honoria and Frances Maria Knight as Elvira.<ref>Van Lennep, p. 6.</ref>

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==Bibliography== * Van Lennep, W. ''The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume Two, 1700-1729''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.

Category:1700 plays Category:English plays Category:Plays by Colley Cibber Category:Restoration comedy Category:West End plays Category:Plays based on works by John Fletcher (playwright)