The Honey Moon

The first performance of the play was at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 31 January 1805.

Robert William Elliston played Aranza, with Miss Duncan (Maria Rebecca Davison) as Juliana.

[3] It was revived at Drury Lane on 30 June 1827, with James Warde as the Duke and Frances Eleanor Jarman as his wife.

The Duke of Aranza, pretending to be a peasant who has tricked his new bride, Juliana, into marriage, takes her to their supposed new home, a modest country cottage.

When she submits to his will, he reveals his true identity and installs her in her rightful place in his palace.