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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Lovers' Vows |
| Author | Inchbald, Elizabeth |
| Date | 11 Oct 1798 |
| First Performance Date | 11 Oct 1798 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue Epilogue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1226 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Adapted from Augustus von Kotzebue's 'Das Kind der Liebe' and one of Inchbald's best known play. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Women in Eighteenth Century Drama Celebrity Culture & Fashion |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Actor | Murray, Mr Johnson, Mr Knight, Mr Pope, Mr Powell, Mr Thompson, Mr Munden, Mr Blurton, Mr Curtis, Mr Rees, Mr Johnson, Mrs H Johnson, Mrs Davenport, Mrs |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1798. |
| Keywords | adaptation female author sexuality illegitimate birth success morality virtue charity money nobility crime theft love marriage social mobility social commentary |
| Additional Information | Manuscript endorsed Covent Garden and dated by Larpent Sept. 28. Includes a prologue, epilogue and cast list. Compared to the printed 1798 there are slight differences. |
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