First produced at the Olympic Theatre, London, 29 September 1834. (Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.)
Performed at the Theatre Royal, Ballarat, November 1867; at the Royal Victorian Theatre, Sydney, August 1868; and at the Prince of Wales Opera House, Sydney, December 1868.
The Empire comments briefly on the 7 December 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of James Robinson's Planche's Loan of a Lover and Richard Butler's The Irish Tutor; or, New Lights. (The latter was not mentioned in advertisements for the 7 December programme.)
An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover on 7 December 1868. The performance was included in a three-night programme presented by Foley's Juvenile Troupe.
The Empire reports on a 'fashionable amateur performance' given by the employees of Farmer, Painter and Pope (drapers of Pitt Street) on 28 September 1868. The evening began with James Robinson Planché's The Loan of a Lover and this was followed by 'a new adaptation of the Oriental burlesque of "Blue Beard"'. The latter was 'introduced by a sprightly prologue, specially written for the occasion by Mr. Frank Hutchinson'.
An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre's 'complimentary benefit to Mr. W. Lloyd, for seven years stage manager to Lyster's Royal Italian and English Opera Company', 11 August 1868. The benefit includes productions of Thomas Morton's Sink or Swim and James Robinson Planche's The Loan and the Lover, together with a 'grand concert'.
An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover and [Charles Webb's] Belphegor, the Mountebank; or, Woman's Constancy on 10 August 1868.
A generally favourable review of the repeat performances of London Assurance and the Loan of a Lover. Unfortunately, once again, attendance was poor.
A favourable review of Miss Kate Denin in the comedy London Assurance and Miss Tilly Earle in the farce The Loan of a Lover.
An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover and [Charles Webb's] Belphegor, the Mountebank; or, Woman's Constancy on 10 August 1868.
An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre's 'complimentary benefit to Mr. W. Lloyd, for seven years stage manager to Lyster's Royal Italian and English Opera Company', 11 August 1868. The benefit includes productions of Thomas Morton's Sink or Swim and James Robinson Planche's The Loan and the Lover, together with a 'grand concert'.
The Empire reports on a 'fashionable amateur performance' given by the employees of Farmer, Painter and Pope (drapers of Pitt Street) on 28 September 1868. The evening began with James Robinson Planché's The Loan of a Lover and this was followed by 'a new adaptation of the Oriental burlesque of "Blue Beard"'. The latter was 'introduced by a sprightly prologue, specially written for the occasion by Mr. Frank Hutchinson'.
An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of James Robinson Planche's The Loan of a Lover on 7 December 1868. The performance was included in a three-night programme presented by Foley's Juvenile Troupe.
The Empire comments briefly on the 7 December 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of James Robinson's Planche's Loan of a Lover and Richard Butler's The Irish Tutor; or, New Lights. (The latter was not mentioned in advertisements for the 7 December programme.)