Double Falsehood

Synopsis

On december 1727 an intriguing play called double falshood; or, the distrest lovers was presented for production by lewis theobald, who had it published in january 1728 after a successful run at the theatre royal, drury lane, london. The title page to the published version claims that the play was 'written originally by w. Shakespeare'. Double falsehood's plot is a version of the story of cardenio found in cervantes's don quixote (1605) as translated by thomas shelton, published in 1612 though in circulation earlier.