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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Speed the Plough |
| Author | Morton, Thomas |
| Date | 8 Feb 1800 |
| First Performance Date | 8 Feb 1800 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue Epilogue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1279 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Said to have been adaptation of August Kotzebue's 'Graf von Burgund' (Count of Burgundy), it centres around Sir Robert handy and whether he should marry for love, or for money. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Actor | Pope, Mr Murray, Mr Munden, Mr Fawcett, Mr Johnston, Mr Knight, Mr Davenport, Mr Waddy, Mr Johnstone, H Mrs Dibdin, Mrs Murray, Miss Davenport, Mrs |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1800. |
| Keywords | adaptation class social mobility marriage servant dowry love money disguise |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated, by Larpent, Covent Garden, Jan. 29. Includes a prologue, epilogue and cast list. Compared to printed edition there are numerous minor differences. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica states: Larpent's copy bears the date 29th. Jany 1800 but he does not enter the play among the Licences of that year. |
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