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Title The Natural Son (Revised)
Author Cumberland, Richard  
Date 22 May 1794
Licence Application Date 22 May 1794
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1026
Language English
Document Description This play brings the return of Cumberland's character Major O'Flaherty, who was popular in his 1771 play 'The West Indian'.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Kemble, John Philip  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Comedy  
Acts Four  
Keywords family  military  
Additional Information Notice states, abridged into four Acts. Compared to the printed edition of 1785 (Kemble-Devonshire Collection 103): manuscript an abridgment (made by omission of scenes) of the play as printed. See No LA 676.
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