 Don Quixote in England was started as Fielding 's second play , but it was not finished and produced until the later part of his career . After Fielding returned to London from the University of Leyden during the end of 1729 , he brought with him a version of Don Quixote in England . It was refused by the Theatre Royal and it was not produced or printed until 1734 . The only information on the origins of this play come from Fielding 's 1734 preface . It was his second play , and Fielding attributes it to being written at Leyden during 1728 . It was intended more as amusement than as a serious production and was an imitation of Cervantes 's Don Quixote . After the prompting of Barton Booth and Colley Cibber , Fielding put away the play until 1733 , when the Drury @-@ Lane actors asked him for a new play . Soon after , Fielding rewrote parts of the play . 
