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The Honey Moon is a play by John Tobin. It was influenced by Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew and performed throughout the 19th century.

History

The first performance of the play was at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 31 January 1805. Robert William Elliston played Aranza, with Miss Duncan (Maria Rebecca Davison) as Juliana. It opened in Edinburgh on 14 November 1809, with Henry Siddons playing the Duke and his wife Harriet Siddons as Juliana. It was revived at Drury Lane on 30 June 1827, with James Warde as the Duke and Frances Eleanor Jarman as his wife.

• Mr Elliston as the duke
• Miss Duncan as Juliana

Plot

The play was set in Spain in the early 17th century. The Duke of Aranza, pretending to be a peasant who has tricked his new bride, Juliana, into marriage, takes her to their supposed new home, a modest country cottage. There he subjects her to a regime to reform her "proud spirit". When she submits to his will, he reveals his true identity and installs her in her rightful place in his palace.

Bibliography

• John Tobin (1805). The honey moon: a comedy, in five acts. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme.

References

1. Raymond, George (1857). The Life and Enterprises of Robert William Elliston. London: Routledge. p. 108.
2. Boase, Frederic (1892). Modern English Biography. Vol. A–H. Truro: Netherton and Worth. p. 834.
3. Highfill, Philip H.; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward A. (1991). A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1660 - 1800. 13: Roach to H. Siddons. Carbondale: Southern Illinois Univ. Pr. p. 389. ISBN 0809315254.
4. "Theatre Royal Covent Garden". The Times. 28 June 1827. p. 2.
5. Chambers, Robert (1844). Cyclopædia of English Literature. Vol. II. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers. p. 532.

• 1805 plays
• Plays by John Tobin
• West End plays