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The Lottery (play)
''The Lottery'' is a play by Henry Fielding and was a companion piece to Joseph Addison's ''Cato''. As a ballad opera, it contained 19 songs and was a collaboration with Mr Seedo, a musician. It first ran on 1 January 1732 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The play tells the story of a man in love with a girl. She claims she has won a lottery, however, making another man pursue her for the fortune and forcing her original suitor to pay off the other for her hand in marriage, though she does not win.
''The Lottery'' mocks the excitement of the lottery and those who sell, rent, or purchase tickets. It was highly successful and set the tone for Fielding's later ballad operas. The play was altered on 1 February 1732 and this revised edition was seen as a great improvement.
==Background==
After Fielding returned to work for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, he wrote ''The Lottery''. It was a companion piece, in the form of ballad opera, that first ran on 1 January 1732 alongside of Addison's ''Cato''. The piece contained 19 songs and was a collaboration with "Mr Seedo", a musician.〔Hume 1988 pp. 118–119〕 It is uncertain as to when Seedo first started working with Fielding, but he may have started with Fielding during 1730 at the Little Haymarket theatre.〔Roberts 1966 pp. 179–190〕
The play was successful and was performed 15 times during January. Fielding altered the play on 1 February 1732 by removing four songs and adding seven midway through the play. The revised form ran for 14 more nights during that season and was put on each year until 1740 and occasionally thereafter until 1783.〔Hume 1988 pp. 119–120〕 The play was published 7 January 1732 by Watts.〔Paulson 2000 p. 35〕
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