The Lying Valet is a British play by David Garrick. A farce, it was first performed at the Goodman's Fields Theatre on 30 November 1741. Garrick based his work on the second act of All Without Money b
1784 playbill for The Lying Valet at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
Farce is a form of comedy that relies on amusing and highly implausible plots, stereotyped or exaggerated characters, physical humor and misunderstandings to entertain an audience. It originated in ma
Petrov-Vodkin's Theatre. Farce. (c. 1870s)
Poster for a production of Boucicault's farce Contempt of Court, c. 1879