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Title The Knights
Author Foote, Samuel  
Date 16 Jan 1754
Licence Application Date 16 Jan 1754
First Performance Date 9 Feb 1754
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA105
Language English
Document Description Falls in love with his Uncles Kitchen Maid and runs away with her to Exeter. His Father is furious as he will bring disgrace to the family.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Garrick, David  Lacy, James  
Lord Chamberlain FitzRoy, Charles (2nd Duke of Grafton)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Chetwynd, William  
Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application Capell, Edward  
Genre Farce  
Acts Two  
Printed Edition Printed 1754.
Keywords marriage  family  labour  agriculture  rural life  forbidden love  youth  class  lovers  
Additional Information Manuscripted endorsed with an 'X'. There are some corrections and added lines. Slight differences between the printed and manuscript versions.
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