The Lame Lover

The Lame Lover is a 1770 comedy play by the British writer Samuel Foote about Sir Luke, a young man who loses his leg. Foote wrote the play while he was recovering from the amputation of his leg, following a riding accident. Excerpt: “CHARLOT. I tell you, Sir, his love to me is all a pretense: it is amazing that you, who are so acute, so quick in discerning on other occasions, should be so blind upon this. SERJEANT. But where are your proofs, Charlot? What signifies your opening matters which your evidence cannot support?”