# Old Maids

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1841 play

Old Maids Written by James Sheridan Knowles Genre Comedy

***Old Maids*** is an 1841 [comedy play](/source/Comedy_play) by the Irish writer [James Sheridan Knowles](/source/James_Sheridan_Knowles).[1] It was first staged at the [Theatre Royal, Covent Garden](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Covent_Garden) in [London](/source/London) on 12 October 1841.[2] The cast included [John Harley](/source/John_Pritt_Harley) as John Blount, [George Vandenhoff](/source/George_Vandenhoff) as Thomas Blount, [Walter Lacy](/source/Walter_Lacy) as Robert, [Robert William Honner](/source/Robert_William_Honner) as Harris, [William Payne](/source/William_Payne_(pantomimist)) as Stephen, [Alfred Wigan](/source/Alfred_Wigan) as Jacob, [Lucia Elizabeth Vestris](/source/Lucia_Elizabeth_Vestris) as Lady Blance and [Louisa Nisbett](/source/Louisa_Cranstoun_Nisbett) as Lady Anne. It was produced towards the end of the theatrical career of Sheridan Knowles, before he turned to novel-writing.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Walker p.265

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Nicoll p.339

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature p.733

## Bibliography

- Burwick, Frederck Goslee, Nancy Moore & Hoeveler Diane Long . *The Encyclopaedia of Romantic Literature*. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

- Nicoll, Allardyce. *A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850*. Cambridge University Press, 1930.

- Walker, Hugh. *The Literature of the Victorian Era*. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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