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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The King's Bench |
| Author | Holman, Joseph George |
| Date | 19 Nov 1796 |
| First Performance Date | 19 Nov 1796 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1143 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | An opera surrounding the Flourish family, in which the son Jack is imprisoned, and family friend Captain O'Niell seeks to seduce Lady Flourish. |
| Theme | Opera Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Opera |
| Acts | Three |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1796. |
| Keywords | friendship debt prison song duel; courtship marriage seduction |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent, Nov. 14. Compared to the printed edition, there are numerous differences. According to John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica, Larpent enters the title in his account book as 'The Kings Bench or abroad & at home' and says nothing of any disapprobation. In the copy of the play sent to him it stood only the Kings Bench. |
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