Luke the Labourer; Or, The Lost Son is an 1826 play by the British writer John Baldwin Buckstone. It was originally performed at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End.^[1] The play addressed the recent spate of rural unrest in Britain, choosing to set it in the present rather than more safely in a historical setting as other works did. The play is notable for its title character, a sympathetic villain.^[2]

The play was a popular success, and for forty years became a staple of both provincial theatres and several London revivals.^[3]

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• Burwick, Frederick. British Drama of the Industrial Revolution. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
• Gressman, Malcolm George. The Career of John Baldwin Buckstone. Ohio State University, 1963.
• Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Cambridge University Press, 1930.