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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Ridicule; or, Life's a Jest |
| Date | 8 Feb 1795 |
| First Performance Date | 8 Feb 1795 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1102 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A play which features Quickset, a man who is "fearful of ridicule and will do anything to escape it," Curben, and their daughters, Alicia and Julia respectively, who are being courted by two men. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Keywords | comedy family love reputation courtship lawyer |
| Additional Information | Manuscript endorsed (in author's hand?) at beginning. According to John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica, "'Ridicule or Life's a Jest' a comedy in 5 Acts in manuscript is in my hands with the date 1795. It does not appear that it was ever acted." |
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