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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Lock and Key; or, Bamboozell |
| Author | Hoare, Prince |
| Date | 15 Jan 1796 |
| Licence Application Date | 15 Jan 1796 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1108 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A farce involving sailors in which a master, Captain Cheerly tries to force a woman, Laura into marriage. The other characters seek to contrive a plot to help her. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Harris, Thomas |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Actor | Munden, Mr Incledon, Mr Knight, Mr Serris, Mrs Martyr, Mrs |
| Genre | Musical Farce Musical Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1796. |
| Keywords | farce music sailor courtship mistress marriage |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent Jan. 19 and contains a cast list. Compared to the printed edition, there are numerous differences. According to John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica, "its original title was Bamboozell but it was altered while in the Licenser's hands as Larpent registers in his account book under the date of Jany 19. 1796." |
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