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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Mrs. Doggrell in Her Altitudes; or, Strange Effects of a West India Ramble |
| Date | 1795 |
| First Performance Date | 1795 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1101 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | One of very few plays to focus upon and satirize a female dramatist. Mrs. Dogrell is a caricature of a potential playwright, and abandons her play when it is criticized by Freeman. |
| Theme | Women in Eighteenth Century Drama Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle |
| Theatre | The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Prelude |
| Acts | One |
| Keywords | author women theatre politics identity |
| Additional Information | Manuscript. |
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