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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Sunshine after Rain; or, The Mad Guardian |
| Author | Merchant, T Dibdin, Thomas John |
| Date | 1795 |
| First Performance Date | 1795 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1103 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Thomas Dibdin's first attempt as writing a drama under the pen name of 'T. Merchant.' It is set in a cottage and a forest and features a captain, an Irishman, and a doctor. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Manchester |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | A cottage and the adjoining forest |
| Keywords | farce Irish love military mistress marriage servant doctor |
| Additional Information | Manuscript title-page states, "by T. Merchant. Of the Theatre Royal Manchester." Contains a prologue. Compared to "The Mad Guardian; or, Sunshine after Rain," from Huddersfield, the two are virtually identical. |
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