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Title The Force of Ridicule
Author Holcroft, Thomas  
Date 21 Nov 1796
Licence Application Date 21 Nov 1796
Document Type Play  Prologue  Epilogue  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1144
Language English
Document Description A comedy which was only acted once. Lord Melford, a friend of Lord Dorville, seeks Lady Dorville's help as he courts her sister, Lady Anne.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Wroughton, Richard  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Comedy  
Acts Four  
Keywords comedy  friendship  love  marriage  family  courtship  
Additional Information Manuscript dated by Larpent Nov. 23. It contains a prologue and epilogue (with separate application for licence, Nov. 26).
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