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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Whim |
| Author | Eglantine, Lady Wallace |
| Date | 1795 |
| First Performance Date | 1795 |
| Document Type | Address Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1104 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | An aristocrat reads about the Roman feast of Saturnalia and decides on a whime that for one day his family will change places with their servants. |
| Theme | Royalty & Aristocracy |
| Theatre | Margate Theatre |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Three |
| Keywords | comedy Roman aristocrat servant class |
| Additional Information | [Published after licence had been refused.] Printed copy, Margate, 1795. Contains an address to the public, upon the "arbitrary and unjust Aspersion of the Licenser against its political sentiments." Passages in the address underscored in the manuscript. See LA 1093. |
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