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Title The Fatal Retirement
Author Brown, Anthony  
Date 26 Mar 1739
Licence Application Date 26 Mar 1739
First Performance Date 12 Nov 1739
Document Type Play  Prologue  Epilogue  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA13
Language English
Document Description There are some lines and numerous interpolations in hand of author. It includes a prologue and epilogue and note from Brown to Chetwynd dated Fryday Oct. 19. 1739. Most of the passages deleted in manuscript are in the printed version.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Fleetwood, Charles  
Lord Chamberlain FitzRoy, Charles (2nd Duke of Grafton)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Chetwynd, William  
Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application Odell, Thomas  
Genre Tragedy  
Acts Five  
Geographical Setting Sicily, Italy  
Printed Edition Printed 1739.
Keywords friendship  virtue  guilt  love  disguise  anger  murder  family  
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