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Title Black Beard; or, The Genoese Pirate, Songs, Duets, Glees, Chorusses, &c., in. Spectacle
Author Cross, James C  
Date 15 Oct 1798
First Performance Date 15 Oct 1798
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1228
Language English
Document Description Printed songs from a play focusing on Black Beard the pirate.
Theme Conflict, Empire & the Other  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Actor Crossman, Mr  Helme, Mr  D'Egville, Mr  Montague, Mr  Whitaker, Mr  Wilkinson, Mr  Herbert, Mr  Baker, Mr  Davis, Mr  Angolini, Signor  Wybrow, Mrs  
Genre Songs, Duets, Glees, Chorusses, &c.  
Printed Edition Printed 1809.
Keywords pirate  British  Madagascar  song  maritime  legend  historical figure  
Additional Information Produced as 'The Genoese Pirate; or, Black Beard' and previously, as 'Black Beard; or, The Captive Princess' at Royal Circus, Apr. 9. Printed copy (unpublished, sold in the theatre [?]) and dated, by Larpent, Oct. 12. Subtitle, Captive Princess, deleted, and Genose Pirate substituted. Compared to the printed 'Blackbeard; or, The Captive Princess, in Cross's Circusiana' of 1809 there are minor differences.
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