Love In A Sack: As It Is Now Acted At The New Theatre In Lincolns Inn Fields (1715)

Love In A Sack is a play written by Benjamin Griffin and first performed at the New Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1715. The play tells the story of a young couple, Jack and Nell, who are deeply in love but face numerous obstacles in their quest to be together. Jack's father disapproves of the match and tries to force him to marry someone else, while Nell's father is a drunkard who cares more about his own pleasure than his daughter's happiness. Despite these challenges, Jack and Nell remain devoted to each other and find creative ways to stay connected, including communicating through a sack that they pass back and forth. The play is a comedy with elements of farce and satire, and it explores themes of love, class, and family relationships. Love In A Sack was well-received by audiences at the time of its original performance and has since become a classic of English theatre.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.