page_title: Double Falsehood
section_title: Performance and publication
hierarchical_section_title: Double Falsehood / Performance and publication
caption_attribution_description: English: Title page of Double Falshood
context_page_description: Double Falsehood or The Distrest Lovers is a 1727 play by the English writer and playwright Lewis Theobald, although the authorship has been contested ever since the play was first published, with some scholars considering that it may have been written by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Some authors believe that it may be an adaptation of a lost play by Shakespeare and Fletcher known as Cardenio. Theobald himself claimed his version was based on three manuscripts of an unnamed lost play by Shakespeare.
context_section_description: The play was first produced on December 13, 1727 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and published in 1728. The drama was revived at Covent Garden on April 24, 1749, and performed again on May 6 of the same year. Later performances occurred in 1781 and 1793, and perhaps in 1770 also. After the first edition of 1728, later editions appeared in 1740 and 1767.
caption: Title page of the 3rd edition of Double Falshood.
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