The False Friend

About the show

The False Friend is a 1702 comedy play by the English writer John Vanbrugh. It was inspired by Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla's Spanish play La traición busca el castigo. The original Drury Lane cast included Robert Wilks as Don Pedro, Philip Griffin as Don Felix, John Mills as Don Guzman, Colley Cibber as Don John, William Pinkethman as Lopez, William Bullock as Galindo, Jane Rogers as Leonora, Mary Kent as Isabella and Anne Oldfield as Jacinta.