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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Primitive Wife and Modern Maid |
| Author | Inchbald, Elizabeth |
| Date | 4 Mar 1797 |
| First Performance Date | 4 Mar 1797 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1155 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A father returns from India under an assumed name, so that he might be able to examine his daughter and her character under disguise. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Conflict, Empire & the Other |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1797. |
| Keywords | empire family India debt prison love disguise |
| Additional Information | Produced as "Wives as They Were and Maids as They Are." Manuscript contains a cast list. There are slight differences from the printed version. |
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