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Title Iphigenia in Tauride
Author da Ponte, Lorenzo  
Date 4 Apr 1796
Licence Application Date 4 Apr 1796
First Performance Date 7 Apr 1796
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1121
Language Italian
Document Description A reworking of an ancient Greek tragedy in which Iphigenia is tasked with sacrificing her brother, Orestes during war.
Theme Opera  Greco-Roman Society  
Theatre The King's Theatre, Haymarket  
Theatre Manager Taylor, William  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Actor Banti, Madame  Viganoni, Signor  Roselli, Signor  Providini, Signor  
Genre Opera  
Acts Two  
Keywords family  murder  tragedy  Greek  death  war  
Additional Information Manuscript dated by Larpent; and contains a cast list.
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