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Title How to Be Happy
Author Brewer, George  
Date 2 Aug 1794
Licence Application Date 2 Aug 1794
First Performance Date 9 Aug 1794
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1034
Language English
Document Description An afterpiece in five acts, the English libretto was written by George Brewer. The manuscript contains a cast list, prologue and epilogue as well as numerous corrections and additions.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket  
Theatre Manager Colman the Younger, George  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Actor Samuel Arnold  
Genre Comedy  
Acts Five  
Geographical Setting Brighton, England  
Printed Edition Not printed.
Keywords humour  servant  aristocrat  courtship  observational comedy  
Additional Information John Payne Collier in his copy of Biographia Dramatica: The alterations in Larpent's copy were in the hand writing of Colman.
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