“Love in a Tub (The Merchant Outwitted)”

Description

A vintner needs the consent of his sweetheart's rich father to obtain a dowry. The girl hides in one of her father's wine casks, and the vintner offers to buy its contents. The merchant agrees -- only to have his daughter revealed. He blesses the marriage

Notes

In 1664, Sir George Etherege produced a play called "The Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub." The plot is unrelated, and Etherege never produced anything else of even this minimal degree of note. - RBW

References

  1. Laws N25, "Love in a Tub (The Merchant Outwitted)"
  2. Belden, pp. 233-234, "Love in the Tub" (1 text)
  3. DT 454, LOVETUB
  4. Roud #556
  5. BI, LN25

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1765 (chapbook by James Magee)
Found in: US(So)