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