The Dog of Montarges

John Fawcett, manager of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, applied on September 17, 1814 for a license to present a two-act adaptation by William Barrymore, originally titled Murder Will Out with the alternate and more commonly used title The Dog of Montargis, or, The Forest of Bondy.

Ein romantisches Schauspiel in vier Aufzügen, but this did not become generally accepted alongside Castelli and Pixérécourt's version, and the piece soon spread throughout Europe, even being given at Weimar for the great dog-lover Charles Augustus starring Charles Augustus's lover Karoline Jagemann.

The plot is based on a legend from the 14th century, that survived in a letter from Julius Caesar Scaliger.

According to the legend: "A French courtier of King Charles V (1338–80), Aubry de Montdidier, was murdered c. 1371 in the forest of Bondy, north of Paris.

The king ordered that Macaire, armed with a stick, and the dog should fight a duel, which took place on the Isle de Notre Dame.

They must entertain a group of soldiers (members of a higher class than that of the inn keepers) who have returned from battle.

A sash is found by the dog Dragon near Aubri's body in the Forest of Bondy that belongs to a member of the visiting regiment.

[6] Adaptations of the play emerged in England in the 19th century due to Victorian society having a "shared discomfort with the idea of an innocent dog being killed."