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Lifetime: 1688 - 1744 Passed: ≈ 280 years ago

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Lewis Theobald

Books by Lewis Theobald

Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers Cover image

Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers

Comedy Romance Drama
Drama Love Comedy Betrayal Reconstruction Renaissance Spain Shakespeare Intrigue Cervantes Don Quixote Mistaken identity Fletcher Lost Play Disguises

Double Falsehood is a play by Lewis Theobald, believed to be a reconstruction of a lost play by Shakespeare and Fletcher, drawing inspiration from Cervantes' Don Quixote. The play revolves around the Duke Angelo, who fears his son Henriquez's behav...